Tornado Warning: Tornado Emergency for Calhoun, Cherokee and Etowah

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
717 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR GLENCOE…OR 6 MILES EAST OF MARKTON.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR COBB CITY…REAVES…ELLISVILLE
AND SPRING GARDEN. TAKE COVER NOW!

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
PIEDMONT AROUND 730 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE ELLISVILLE AND SPRING
GARDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

&&

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

LAT…LON 3410 8541 3398 8539 3387 8579 3422 8585
3436 8547
TIME…MOT…LOC 0017Z 248DEG 53KT 3392 8583

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