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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
558 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 558 PM CDT, A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BEAUREGARD, OR NEAR OPELIKA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELIKA AND GRIFFEN MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN
A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3252 8510 3247 8518 3247 8529 3261 8541
3263 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 334DEG 22KT 3257 8533
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
89^GSATTERWHITE
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