Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VESTAVIA HILLS...MOUNTAIN BROOK...
LEEDS...IRONDALE...HUEYTOWN...HOOVER...HOMEWOOD...FAIRFIELD...
BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER...
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...HELENA...CHELSEA...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 610 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH JOHNS...OR 10 MILES WEST OF BESSEMER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BESSEMER...RAIMUND...LIPSCOMB AND BRIGHTON BY 620 PM CST...
BLUFF PARK...ROSS BRIDGE...HOMEWOOD AND RIVERCHASE GALLERIA BY 625
PM CST...
VESTAVIA HILLS AND CAHABA HEIGHTS BY 630 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 242 THROUGH 261...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 31...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 100 THROUGH 140...
AND INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 132.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3362 8656 3356 8655 3355 8649 3350 8647
3350 8638 3340 8638 3336 8635 3330 8637
3328 8643 3325 8644 3325 8713 3341 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 252DEG 60KT 3337 8705

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