Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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WUUS54 KBMX 110458
SVRBMX
ALC057-127-133-110530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0194.080511T0458Z-080511T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1158 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JASPER...CARBON HILL...
SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1153 PM 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 ASHBANK TO CARBON HILL TO 13 MILES WEST
OF BANKSTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LYNN TO CARBON HILL TO
FAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MCDOWELL CAMP GROUNDS BY 1205 AM CDT...
BANKSTON BY 1215 AM CDT...
FALLS CITY BY 1220 AM CDT...
LAKE SHORE...CURRY AND BERRY BY 1225 AM CDT...
JASPER BY 1230 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 3372 8794 3392 8759 3411 8752 3406 8709
3399 8709 3389 8720 3362 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 275DEG 28KT 3407 8743 3391 8746
3373 8785

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