BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
455 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…MONTEVALLO…HELENA…COLUMBIANA…
CALERA…ALABASTER…
SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLT…
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 455 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
VIEW…OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BESSEMER…AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK BY 500 PM CDT…
MAYLENE…ALABASTER AND 6 MILES NORTH OF UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO
BY 525 PM CDT…
AMERICAN VILLAGE AND MONTEVALLO BY 530 PM CDT…
CALERA BY 535 PM CDT…
COLUMBIANA BY 545 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 228 THROUGH 242
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBER 1
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 73 THROUGH 106
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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.
