BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
423 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TUSCALOOSA…HOLT…
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 422 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BANKHEAD
LOCK AND DAM…OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLT…AND MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BULL CITY AND 9 MILES NORTH OF BROOKWOOD BY 435 PM CDT…
ABERNANT AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF OAK GROVE BY 440 PM CDT…
8 MILES NORTH OF WOODSTOCK JUNCTION BY 445 PM CDT…
NORTH JOHNS AND LAKE VIEW BY 450 PM CDT…
TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK BY 455 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 76 THROUGH 106
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
