Tornado Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
642 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSKEGEE...NOTASULGA...
NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 639 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF SOCIETY
HILL...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF HURTSBORO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOCIETY HILL BY 650 PM CDT...
TUSKEGEE NATIONAL FOREST AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE TUSKEGEE BY
705 PM CDT...
NOTASULGA AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSKEGEE BY 710 PM CDT...
LIBERTY CITY BY 715 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 32 THROUGH 51.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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

LAT...LON 3244 8580 3267 8578 3249 8525 3234 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 117DEG 34KT 3243 8536

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