Tornado Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
120 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NOTASULGA...
WEST CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 120 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SOCIETY HILL...OR
12 MILES SOUTH OF AUBURN...MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TUSKEGEE NATIONAL FOREST BY 130 AM CDT...
NOTASULGA BY 135 AM CDT...
LIBERTY CITY BY 140 AM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 42 THROUGH 51.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3238 8552 3242 8556 3258 8578 3260 8569
3269 8570 3272 8567 3272 8561 3236 8526
3233 8534 3230 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 138DEG 44KT 3243 8548

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