Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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WUUS54 KBMX 030032
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ALC115-117-121-030115-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
732 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PELL CITY...
WESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PELL CITY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 23 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COOSA ISLAND BY 740 PM CDT...
ALPINE BAY RESORT BY 745 PM CDT...
LOGAN MARTIN DAM BY 750 PM CDT...
7 MILES WEST OF ALPINE BY 755 PM CDT...
VINCENT AND 9 MILES WEST OF WINTERBORO BY 800 PM CDT...
HARPERSVILLE BY 805 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 152 THROUGH 165.

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 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 3322 8618 3341 8664 3365 8636 3359 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 015DEG 20KT 3351 8630

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