Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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WUUS54 KBMX 110521
SVRBMX
ALC009-057-073-127-133-110600-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0196.080511T0521Z-080511T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1221 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...BLOUNTSVILLE...
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUMITON...JASPER...DORA...CORDOVA...
SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1216 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HELICON TO SMITH DAM TO OAKMAN...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARLEY TO 8 MILES EAST OF JASPER TO 10
MILES WEST OF CORDOVA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKY HOLLOW AND BELOIT BY 1230 AM CDT...
BURNWELL...ARKADELPHIA...SUMITON AND DORA BY 1235 AM CDT...
BLOUNT SPRINGS AND SUMITON BY 1240 AM CDT...
BANGOR AND HAYDEN BY 1245 AM CDT...

WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL UPROOT TREES...DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSE
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND STRUCTURES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOUR ARE IH ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDAITELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3422 8652 3394 8653 3369 8683 3366 8749
3391 8721 3414 8717 3414 8710 3390 8708
3390 8700 3387 8696 3392 8692 3396 8680
3410 8670 3414 8660 3421 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 265DEG 41KT 3409 8706 3390 8706
3372 8729

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