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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
604 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…HOOVER…FAIRFIELD…BESSEMER…
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…PELHAM…MONTEVALLO…HELENA…
CALERA…ALABASTER…
EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WOODSTOCK JUNCTION

..AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LAKE VIEW BY 610 PM CDT…
TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK BY 620 PM CDT…
9 MILES SOUTH OF BESSEMER BY 640 PM CDT…
HELENA…MAYLENE…ALABASTER AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REGIONS PARK
OR HOOVER MET BY 645 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 228 THROUGH 242
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 13
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 97 THROUGH 115

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

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

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