Tornado Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
528 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYNEVILLE...
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 524 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENTON...OR 13
MILES EAST OF SELMA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LOWNDESBORO BY 540 PM CST...
CANTELOUS...DANNELLY FIELD AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTER BY 550 PM
CST...
WOODCREST AND HOPE HULL BY 555 PM CST...
PINEDALE...SNOWDOUN AND MONTGOMERY BY 600 PM CST...
PINEDALE BY 605 PM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 158 THROUGH 176...
AND INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 11.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL
SIZE HAIL AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3241 8607 3205 8621 3228 8691 3251 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 282DEG 45KT 3237 8676

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