Severe Thunderstorm Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
727 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WETUMPKA…MILLBROOK…
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WEST CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 725 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOB
WOODRUFF LAKE…OR NEAR MILLBROOK…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BOYLSTON…MONTGOMERY ZOO…BLUE RIDGE…AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN
MONTGOMERY…EMERALD MOUNTAIN…MOUNT MEIGS…WAUGH AND TYSONVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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