Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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WUUS54 KBMX 030012
SVRBMX
ALC007-065-105-125-030100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0452.080803T0012Z-080803T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LOW GAP...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA...AND MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES WEST OF MERTZ BY 725 PM CDT...

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.

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 3274 8730 3273 8755 3279 8780 3315 8765
3313 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 006DEG 21KT 3300 8751

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