Published on: July 22, 2008 at 1:19 PM

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
117 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JASPER…

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 112 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CURRY…OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JASPER…AND MOVING EAST AT 6 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CURRY…6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE SHORE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF JASPER
BY 145 PM CDT…

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.