Tornado Warning
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WFUS54 KBMX 232241
TORBMX
ALC081-113-232315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0117.080823T2241Z-080823T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 539 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL
COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BENNING
SOUTH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LADONIA BY
550 PM CDT...
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF UCHEE BY 605 PM CDT...
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 3233 8543 3258 8521 3239 8496 3237 8497
3234 8499 3233 8497 3232 8493 3226 8489
3217 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 126DEG 39KT 3230 8503
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