Extending the tornado warning for the dangerous storm near Shelby in Shelby County (south of Columbiana).
It is moving east…will cross Lay Lake and pass near Talladega Springs.
Folks in Montevallo and Calera are all clear.
Sirens are sounding all over Talladega County…but only a tiny slice of th esouthernmost part of the County is affected. Lincoln, Talladega, and Sylacauga are NOT in the warning.
WFUS54 KBMX 262139
TORBMX
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
439 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 433 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5
MILES EAST OF CALERA. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER
RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
TALLADEGA SPRINGS…BLUE SPRINGS…MARBLE VALLEY…FAYETTEVILLE…
STRICKLAND CROSSROADS…WAXAHATCHEE AT LAY LAKE…SHELBY…AL 145
AND CR 46…SPRING CREEK AT LAY LAKE AND SHELBY SHORES AT LAY LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3302 8637 3306 8660 3307 8662 3308 8662
3308 8665 3316 8665 3320 8638
TIME…MOT…LOC 2138Z 269DEG 26KT 3311 8662
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