Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
GRAYSVILLE…OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUMITON…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…
BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…VESTAVIA HILLS…HOMEWOOD…MOUNTAIN BROOK…
TRUSSVILLE…HUEYTOWN…GARDENDALE…IRONDALE…LEEDS…MOODY…
FAIRFIELD…FULTONDALE…SUMITON…CENTER POINT…PLEASANT GROVE…
CLAY…PINSON…TARRANT AND MIDFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT…LON 3371 8652 3362 8655 3356 8655 3355 8652
3352 8652 3351 8657 3347 8661 3347 8667
3337 8680 3357 8721 3363 8714 3363 8710
3366 8709 3366 8706 3379 8701
TIME…MOT…LOC 0055Z 284DEG 27KT 3365 8697

HAIL…1.00IN
WIND…60MPH

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