Possible tornado just west of Greenville in Butler County. Will pass near Fort Deposit. It could eventually affect southern and eastern parts of the Montgomery area.
WFUS54 KBMX 152255
TORBMX
ALC085-101-160000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0072.110415T2255Z-110416T0000Z/
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
555 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 550 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
BUTLER SPRINGS…OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DEPOSIT. DOPPLER
RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FORT DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…MEADVILLE…MACEDONIA…LOWNDES COUNTY
AIRPORT…BEECHWOOD…LOGAN…DAVENPORT…NAFTEL AND STRATA.
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 142 THROUGH 168…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TO REPEAT…A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3200 8687 3241 8639 3201 8606 3196 8619
3197 8630 3205 8630 3205 8639 3197 8641
3196 8686
TIME…MOT…LOC 2255Z 237DEG 34KT 3186 8685
$$
17/KLAWS
