Lots of Warnings

If you look to the north from Birmingham, you can see threatening cumulonimbus thunderheads approaching. They are some big storms. New warning for Cullman County to add to the list as well as this one for Blount, Calhou, Etowah, and St. Clair.

Here is the big picture:

Egg sized hail was reported a short time ago in Sipsey. Golf ball sized hail was reported in Manchester at 5:59.

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLOUNTSVILLE TO ALTOONA TO HOKES
BLUFF…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RAINBOW CITY…CLEVELAND…ONEONTA…JACKSONVILLE…SPRINGVILLE…
SAKS…FORT MCCLELLAN AND GLENCOE.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 154 THROUGH 183…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

&&

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

LAT…LON 3420 8653 3407 8630 3402 8577 3370 8566
3371 8636 3383 8664
TIME…MOT…LOC 2309Z 008DEG 12KT 3406 8655 3398 8631
3397 8584

$$

GRANTHAM



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