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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
225 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 223 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MADISON…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MADISON…
HUNTSVILLE…
REDSTONE ARSENAL…
OWENS CROSSROADS…
GURLEY…
WOODVILLE…
GRANT…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…FREQUENT 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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