Tornadic Storm Northeast Alabama

Dramatic warning from the NWS Huntsville…

WFUS54 KHUN 271152
TORHUN
ALC049-071-095-271230-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0046.110427T1152Z-110427T1230Z/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
652 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 645 AM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MULTIPLE
TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS NEAR GUNTERSVILLE…ARAB…AND COLUMBUS CITY.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE TORNADOES. THESE
TORNADOES WERE LOCATED NEAR HOPEWELL…COLUMBUS CITY…AND GRANT
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE…
LANGSTON.
LIM ROCK.
SCOTTSBORO.
HOLLYWOOD.
MARTINTOWN.
FACKLER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TO REPEAT…A LARGE…EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE…TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND
AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO
THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather