Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Greene, Pickens, Sumter

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
502 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM PICKENSVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMELLE…AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALICEVILLE…LIVINGSTON…MEMPHIS…PANOLA…GARDEN…MCMULLEN…
EMELLE AND WEST UNION.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 17 THROUGH 40…

WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL UPROOT TREES…DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSE
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND STRUCTURES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOUR ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDAITELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

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

LAT…LON 3323 8831 3313 8793 3317 8784 3245 8800
3243 8803 3240 8804 3265 8839
TIME…MOT…LOC 2202Z 310DEG 32KT 3324 8831 3280 8845

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