BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
714 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARBON HILL…
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 714 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF…OR
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINFIELD…AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GLEN ALLEN BY 735 PM CDT…
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS BY 800 PM CDT…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…HAIL…AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
