The Weather Service has gone ahead and posted a severe thunderstorm warning for Pickens County.
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
440 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 439 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW HOPE…OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS…AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PICKENSVILLE…CARROLLTON…REFORM…GORDO…ETHELSVILLE…
FOREST…PINE GROVE AND SHAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3353 8828 3352 8785 3329 8784 3316 8784
3312 8793 3322 8831
TIME…MOT…LOC 2140Z 289DEG 28KT 3342 8836
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