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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
344 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 415 AM CST
* AT 341 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIPLEY…OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF ATHENS…
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CAIRO…ATHENS…
CARTWRIGHT…GOOD SPRINGS…
MT ROZELL…
LEGGTOWN…ELKMONT…
HOLLAND GIN…ARDMORE…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
