BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
637 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VESTAVIA HILLS…MOUNTAIN BROOK…
IRONDALE…HOOVER…FAIRFIELD…BIRMINGHAM…BESSEMER…HOMEWOOD…
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WILSONVILLE…PELHAM…HELENA…
CHELSEA…ALABASTER…
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 634 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BESSEMER
..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HELENA AND LIPSCOMB BY 645 PM CDT…
ROSS BRIDGE…BLUFF PARK…REGIONS PARK OR HOOVER MET AND
RIVERCHASE BY 650 PM CDT…
HOOVER…RIVERCHASE GALLERIA AND VERIZON MUSIC CENTER AT OAK
MOUNTAIN BY 655 PM CDT…
VESTAVIA HILLS BY 700 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 238 THROUGH 262
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 6 THROUGH 27
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 113 THROUGH 135
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 134
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
