Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
621 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAKS...JACKSONVILLE...FORT
MCCLELLAN...
SOUTH CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARKTON...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 620 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MARKTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OHATCHEE BY 640 PM CDT...
6 MILES WEST OF SAKS...7 MILES WEST OF BLUE MOUNTAIN AND 9 MILES
WEST OF WEAVER BY 700 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBER 174.

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3381 8563 3368 8575 3367 8590 3369 8608
3369 8617 3370 8618 3369 8619 3369 8624
3394 8622 3394 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 350DEG 13KT 3387 8599

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