Severe thunderstorms now lined up all along the western borders of Lamar and Marion Counties. They are moving northeastward and will affect communities from Vernon to Sulligent to Beaverton to Detroit to Hamilton and Bexar.
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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
345 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
* AT 340 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEW SALEM TO CALEDONIA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SULLIGENT…VERNON…HAMILTON…DETROIT…BEDFORD…LAMAR COUNTY
AIRPORT…CREWS AND WESTON.
THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 16…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3433 8817 3432 8792 3393 8794 3392 8795
3376 8795 3374 8824
TIME…MOT…LOC 0844Z 257DEG 37KT 3419 8827 3371 8835
In addition, a tornado warning continues from southern Lamar and Pickens Counties until 4:15. Rotation is still indicated in the storm between Caledonia MS and Macedona AL. It will pass near Millport and Kennedy.
And the NWS Huntsville has issued a tornado warning for Franklin and Colbert Counties for a dangerous storm about to enter those counties as well. Another tornado warning is coming for northwestern Colbert and western Lauderdale Counties as well.
