Tornado Warning for NW Marion County 4:30 PM

This is a large tornado that is on the ground…it has a debris ball…it will cross I-22 and pass northwest and north of Hamilton…

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
356 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM…OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULTON…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
MARION COUNTY…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SHOTSVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES…
US 78 EXIT NUMBER 3…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT…EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT…OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather