From NWS/Birmingham About Sunday

* Check out this special statement from forecaster Linhares, NWS, Birmingham. Note that he mentions that NWS survey teams will be on the road today to survey damage.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
621 AM CDT MON APR 20 2009

…SEVERE WEATHER APRIL 19TH…

ON APRIL 19TH, SEVERAL BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND LASTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SEVERAL POTENTIAL TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL,
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STORMS EXHIBITED PERSISTENT
ROTATION AND WERE LIKELY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS
DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED EASTWARD INTO
GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY
TEAMS WILL CONDUCT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
POTENTIAL TORNADIC STORMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN NEWBURN IN HALE
COUNTY, PHENIX CITY IN RUSSELL COUNTY, PELHAM AND ALABASTER IN
SHELBY COUNTY, AND HIGHLAND LAKES IN BLOUNT COUNTY. WHEN THE EXACT
PLANS ARE DETERMINED FOR TODAY, AN ADDITIONAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED.

ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED PERIODICALLY
THROUGH THE DAY, AS SURVEYS TEAMS EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE THEIR
FINDINGS. FOR UP TO DATE STORM REPORTS, PLEASE VIEW THE LOCAL
STORM REPORT (LSRBMX).

A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. IF YOU WITNESSED HAIL OR FLOODING OR
ARE AWARE OF ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES…PLEASE
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE…OR CALL OUR STORM
REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758.

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75/LINHARES

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