A cluster of severe storms from Maylene…to Calera to Montevallo and Wilton has prompted the NWS to issued a severe thunderstorm warning…
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
538 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…MONTEVALLO…CALERA…
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 536 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIERFIELD
IRONWORKS PARK…OR NEAR MONTEVALLO…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 3
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BRIERFIELD IRONWORKS PARK BY 545 PM CDT…
ASHBY BY 605 PM CDT…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
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.
