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Thursday, April 02, 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WUUS54 KMOB 021941
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-MSC039-041-022045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0095.090402T1941Z-090402T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
241 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...DAUPHIN ISLAND...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OVER 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM LUCEDALE TO 36 MILES WEST OF WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LUCEDALE TO 20
MILES SOUTH OF OCEAN SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EARLVILLE BY 250 PM CDT...
WILMER AND MOFFET BY 255 PM CDT...
SIDNEY...CITRONELLE...TANNER WILLIAMS AND GULFCREST BY 300 PM
CDT...
SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS...SEVEN HILLS AND SEMMES BY 305 PM 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 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3027 8795 3029 8776 3042 8792 3064 8793
3067 8800 3058 8808 3031 8813 3025 8806
3022 8831 3024 8832 3029 8812 3039 8836
3021 8838 3073 8842 3073 8869 3104 8857
3121 8765 3025 8776 3019 8807 3020 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 257DEG 40KT 3097 8849 3014 8880

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