A 5:13 pm Tornado Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
513 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EXTREME NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
EXTREME SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 510 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO JUST EAST OF MCINTOSH…ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CARLTON…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
CARLTON BY 530 PM CST…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING…PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE…GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO…THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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