Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
524 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNIONTOWN...MARION...
WEST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LINDEN...DEMOPOLIS...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 519 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF PUTNAM...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF CUBA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NANAFALIA BY 530 PM CST...
MYRTLEWOOD BY 535 PM CST...
LINDEN BY 545 PM CST...
DAYTON AND THOMASTON BY 555 PM CST...
UNIONTOWN BY 605 PM CST...
MARION JUNCTION AND BOGUE CHITTO BY 615 PM CST...

WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL UPROOT TREES...DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSE
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND STRUCTURES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOUR ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3277 8737 3226 8713 3219 8733 3227 8744
3227 8750 3214 8752 3213 8761 3209 8761
3198 8791 3200 8811 3204 8813 3209 8805
3217 8802 3230 8801 3230 8828 3231 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 247DEG 53KT 3213 8816

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