Severe Thunderstorm Warning Expanded Eastward

The intense storms now extend from near Hayden to Warrior to east of Gardendale to eastern portions of the Birmingham metro area to Inverness, Alabaster and Montevallo.

They are approaching Snead, Oneonta, Altoona, Springville, Ashville, Trussville, Argo, Pell City, Ragland, Vincent, Chelsea, Childersburg and Columbiana.

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
552 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WEST CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 553 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITH DAM TO BLOUNT SPRINGS TO INDIAN
SPRINGS VILLAGE TO WILTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE…CALERA…TRUSSVILLE…CHELSEA…LEEDS…
CLEVELAND…MOODY AND COLUMBIANA.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 228 THROUGH 282…
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 17 THROUGH 33…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 126 THROUGH 165…
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 174…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH 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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT…LON 3413 8633 3412 8629 3396 8617 3372 8613
3368 8615 3368 8613 3326 8617 3302 8688
3306 8690 3337 8680 3387 8683 3392 8690
3396 8680 3400 8674 3407 8669 3409 8670
3413 8660 3426 8652 3427 8645
TIME…MOT…LOC 1053Z 244DEG 64KT 3403 8692 3393 8671
3342 8667 3311 8680

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