BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
247 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…YORK…LIVINGSTON…CUBA…
* UNTIL 345 AM CST
* AT 246 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUBA
..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CUBA BY 305 AM CST…
YORK BY 315 AM CST…
BOYD…7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA BY 325 AM CST…
EMELLE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EPES BY 335 AM CST…
WEST UNION BY 340 AM CST…
GAINESVILLE BY 345 AM CST…
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 23
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
