The Alabama Weather Blog

If you don't like the weather in Alabama, just wait ten minutes.

Current Time:


Saturday, March 28, 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WUUS54 KMOB 280754
SVRMOB
ALC003-280900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0065.090328T0754Z-090328T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
254 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 252 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF VAUGHN TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
BRIDGEHEAD TO 24 MILES WEST OF HOUSTONVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY MINETTE TO 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE TO 14 MILES EAST OF MOSS POINT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WHITEHOUSE FORKS...VAUGHN...STOCKTON AND LATHAM BY 300 AM CDT...
STAPLETON...SPANISH FORT...RABUN AND PHILLIPSVILLE BY 305 AM CDT...
TURKEY BRANCH AND MARLOW BY 310 AM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3040 8790 3064 8793 3068 8800 3074 8802
3080 8802 3084 8795 3088 8799 3095 8793
3098 8797 3105 8794 3108 8797 3122 8762
3095 8759 3087 8763 3075 8753 3067 8739
3058 8741 3053 8745 3049 8742 3038 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 243DEG 70KT 3106 8794 3078 8787
3046 8823

$$


WWWW

To sign up for other ABC 33/40 E-Warn products, or to unsubscribe, go here:
http://www.jamesspann.com/ewarnmain.html