Tornado Warning

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 129 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...OR 12 MILES EAST OF HURTSBORO...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX BY 135 AM CDT...
UCHEE BY 145 AM CDT...

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 3215 8526 3219 8528 3245 8545 3253 8522
3220 8508 3214 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 157DEG 29KT 3225 8522

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