Jefferson County Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TRUSSVILLE…MOUNTAIN BROOK…
IRONDALE…GARDENDALE…FULTONDALE…BIRMINGHAM…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.

..AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
IRONDALE…MOUNTAIN BROOK…6 MILES WEST OF ALTON AND 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CENTER POINT BY 445 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 258 THROUGH 271
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 23 THROUGH 33
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 123 THROUGH 140
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 141

THE BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OVER 65 MPH WITH THIS
STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS 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.

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

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