ABC 33/40 EWARN: Tornado Warning

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WFUS54 KBMX 182223
TORBMX
ALC125-182315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0145.071018T2223Z-071018T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
523 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RALPH...OR
17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTHPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
COKER BY 605 PM CDT...
TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NORTHPORT...TUSCALOOSA AND 7 MILES
WEST OF HOLT BY 615 PM CDT...

FUNNEL CLOUDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3333 8756 3320 8744 3302 8771 3303 8772
3304 8782 3310 8783 3311 8784 3320 8783
3332 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 227DEG 14KT 3309 8780

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