Tornado Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
642 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE...
SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WETUMPKA...MILLBROOK...
NORTH CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MILSTEAD...

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 640 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AUTAUGA COUNTY
AIRPORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HUNTER AND PRATTVILLE BY 650 AM CST...
MILLBROOK BY 655 AM CST...
BOYLSTON...MONTGOMERY ZOO...BOB WOODRUFF LAKE AND COOSADA BY 700 AM
CST...
BLUE RIDGE AND WETUMPKA BY 710 AM CST...
EMERALD MOUNTAIN BY 715 AM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 170 THROUGH 181...
AND INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 26.

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 900 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3268 8594 3242 8587 3228 8661 3245 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 1242Z 255DEG 42KT 3239 8653

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