Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDO…
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NORTHPORT…GORDO…REFORM…COKER…TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT…
BINION CREEK LANDING…LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK…TIERCE PATTTON
BRIDGE…HIGHWAY 69 BRIDGE…NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT…KIRK…
ECHOLA…FLATWOODS…LUBBUB…BUHL…MOORES BRIDGE…ELROD AND LAKE
TUSCALOOSA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

&&

LAT…LON 3334 8809 3345 8796 3346 8782 3340 8753
3314 8763 3327 8797
TIME…MOT…LOC 2225Z 291DEG 18KT 3337 8793

HAIL…1.75IN
WIND…60MPH

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