Warning for Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter and Tuscaloosa

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
213 PM CST TUE NOV 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…
SOUTH CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 212 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEW WEST GREENE TO 5 MILES EAST OF CUBA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…DEMOPOLIS…THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA…
WEST GREENE…EPES…BLUFFPORT AND BOLIGEE.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 62…

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

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

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather