Tornado Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
951 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHENIX CITY…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 947 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX…OR 9 MILES NORTH OF HURTSBORO…
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
6 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX BY 1010 PM CDT…
LADONIA AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF SMITHS STATION BY 1025 PM CDT…
PHENIX CITY BY 1035 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR…IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND…OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM…MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING…DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.

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