Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT
GROVE…OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOAZ…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GADSDEN…RAINBOW CITY…BOAZ…HOKES BLUFF…ATTALLA…GLENCOE…
SARDIS CITY…ALTOONA…WALNUT GROVE…REECE CITY…GADSDEN MALL…
TABOR ROAD…AURORA…NOCCALULA FALLS…BALLPLAY…RIDGEVILLE…
GADSDEN STEAM PLANT…RAMSEY…ROCKLEDGE AND MOUNTAINBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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LAT…LON 3420 8585 3411 8584 3413 8579 3410 8580
3400 8574 3394 8574 3395 8583 3394 8590
3399 8620 3398 8622 3400 8634 3401 8634
3406 8633 3418 8619 3420 8608
TIME…MOT…LOC 2234Z 274DEG 26KT 3411 8632

HAIL…1.00IN
WIND…60MPH

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