First Warning in Alabama

For three counties in the NW corner of the state…

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
104 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 103 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF IUKA
TO BALDWYN…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…
RIVERTON…
WRIGHT…MARGERUM…
THREET…MT HESTER…
CLOVERDALE…CHEROKEE…
PLEASANT SITE…OAKLAND…

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather