BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
323 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VESTAVIA HILLS…TRUSSVILLE…
MOUNTAIN BROOK…MIDFIELD…LIPSCOMB…LEEDS…IRONDALE…
HUEYTOWN…HOOVER…HOMEWOOD…GARDENDALE…FULTONDALE…
FORESTDALE…FAIRFIELD…CENTER POINT…BRIGHTON…BIRMINGHAM
AIRPORT…BIRMINGHAM…BESSEMER…
* UNTIL 400 AM CST
* AT 319 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 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 KIMBERLY TO WELLER…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTH OF GARDENDALE TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUEYTOWN…AND MOVING
EAST AT 70 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PALMERDALE…VESTAVIA HILLS…SHANNON AND PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE BY
330 AM CST…
TRUSSVILLE…IRONDALE…CAHABA HEIGHTS AND ALTON BY 335 AM CST…
LEEDS AND LITTLE CAHABA RIVER BELOW LEEDS BY 340 AM CST…
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
