First Warning in Alabama

This first warning for Alabama is for the Extreme Northwest corner of the state.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
823 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 915 AM CST

* AT 822 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVERTON…OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF IUKA…AND MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CLOVERDALE…THREET…
UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE…FLORENCE…
ZIP CITY…SAINT FLORIAN…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather