Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
537 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ONEONTA...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRUSSVILLE...GARDENDALE...
FULTONDALE...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVILLE...ODENVILLE...MOODY...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTRE...CEDAR BLUFF...
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RAINBOW CITY...MARKTON...HOKES
BLUFF...GADSDEN...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 536 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TABOR ROAD TO PINSON...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOAZ TO 6 MILES EAST OF
GARDENDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SARDIS CITY...CLAY...ARGO...MARGARET...ATTALLA...STEELE...REECE
CITY...ASHVILLE...NOCCALULA FALLS...BALD ROCK...BRANCHVILLE...SAND
ROCK...ANDERSON...WEISS LAKE...TENNALA...SLACKLAND...RIVERSIDE...
RAGLAND...OHATCHEE...MOSHAT...LINCOLN...LEESBURG...GLENCOE...
GAYLESVILLE...GADSDEN MALL AND CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBER 271...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 152 THROUGH 165...
AND INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 141 THROUGH 188.

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN
THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL
DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM.

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

LAT...LON 3429 8545 3356 8617 3362 8687 3412 8632
3413 8628 3419 8620 3422 8586 3426 8584
3428 8577 3438 8566 3438 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 272DEG 26KT 3433 8597 3369 8668

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12/SIRMON

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