BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
314 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…YORK…LIVINGSTON…
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 312 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
BOYD
..AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BOYD BY 345 PM CDT…
YORK BY 355 PM CDT…
THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA AND LIVINGSTON BY 410 PM CDT…
BLUFFPORT BY 415 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 8 THROUGH 17
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
