Tornado Warning

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VALLEY...LANETT...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 756 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WAVERLY...OR 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OAK BOWERY AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF STURKIE BY 810 AM CST...
7 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMBERS COUNTY LAKE BY 830 AM CST...
CUSSETA AND BEANS MILL BY 835 AM CST...
FAIRFAX...VALLEY...HUGULEY AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF LANETT BY 845 AM
CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 66 THROUGH 79.

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 3264 8558 3279 8557 3289 8518 3287 8516
3283 8516 3278 8511 3275 8512 3273 8510
3270 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 254DEG 20KT 3269 8551

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