Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Blount and Etowah Counties

Strong storms between Blountsville and Clarence are moving east toward Walnut Grove and Altoona. It will eventually affect the Gadsden area.

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
554 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOUNTSVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SUSAN MOORE…SNEAD…ALTOONA…WALNUT GROVE…SARDIS CITY…
HENDRIX…GALLANT AND HOWELTON.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBER 181…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

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

LAT…LON 3396 8608 3398 8620 3398 8622 3402 8657
3413 8659 3417 8636 3411 8630 3419 8620
3420 8611
TIME…MOT…LOC 2254Z 263DEG 29KT 3406 8650

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