BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
821 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VERNON…MILLPORT…
PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…REFORM…PICKENSVILLE…GORDO…
CARROLLTON…
* UNTIL 915 AM CST
* AT 819 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENSVILLE…OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VERNON TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PICKENSVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PICKENSVILLE…MILLPORT…ETHELSVILLE AND BLOOMING GROVE BY 825 AM
CST…
MCMULLEN…GARDEN…KENNEDY AND CARROLLTON BY 830 AM CST…
REFORM BY 835 AM CST…
GORDO BY 840 AM CST…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN
THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…A TORNADO MAY STILL
DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
