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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
305 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TUSCALOOSA…NORTHPORT…HOLT…
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 303 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 MCFARLAND
MALL…OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF HOLT…AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MCFARLAND MALL BY 325 PM CDT…
UNIVERSITY MALL…UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA…TUSCALOOSA AND HOLT BY
330 PM CDT…
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
