BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
534 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WILSONVILLE…COLUMBIANA…
SOUTHWESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TALLADEGA SPRINGS…SYLACAUGA…
CHILDERSBURG…
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 532 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
WEST OF COLUMBIANA…OR NEAR CALERA…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
COLUMBIANA BY 540 PM CDT…
WILSONVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF TALLADEGA SPRINGS BY 545 PM CDT…
FAYETTEVILLE BY 550 PM CDT…
CHILDERSBURG BY 555 PM CDT…
SYLACAUGA BY 600 PM CDT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.
