Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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WUUS54 KBMX 022328
SVRBMX
ALC107-125-030015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0448.080802T2328Z-080803T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REFORM...GORDO...
CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 627 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
SAMANTHA...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF NORTHPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK BY 640 PM CDT...
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COKER BY 645 PM CDT...
GORDO BY 700 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 68 THROUGH 76.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
BALL SIE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!

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 3352 8803 3353 8768 3355 8767 3352 8755
3336 8730 3314 8744 3316 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 049DEG 21KT 3342 8769

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