Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Greene, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
640 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 641 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF PANOLA TO 9 MILES WEST
OF BOYD…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EMELLE…PANOLA…WEST UNION…GAINESVILLE…NEW WEST GREENE…WEST
GREENE…BENEVOLA AND MANTUA.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 45 THROUGH 52…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT…LON 3295 8835 3324 8772 3302 8766 3301 8767
3301 8771 3299 8772 3298 8774 3297 8775
3262 8839
TIME…MOT…LOC 2341Z 236DEG 58KT 3302 8831 3270 8838

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