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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
711 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 710 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORKLAND, OR
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEMOPOLIS, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN GREENE, HALE, AND NORTHERN MARENGO
COUNTIES.
HAZARD...THREE INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE SEVERELY INJURED.
EXPECT SHATTERED WINDOWS, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ROOFS,
SIDING, AND VEHICLES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEMOPOLIS, MARION, GREENSBORO, UNIONTOWN, FORKLAND, BOLIGEE,
NEWBERN, FAUNSDALE, VAIDEN, WALDEN QUARTERS, THORNHILL, ARCOLA, DUG
HILL, TISHABEE, GREENSBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DUFFYS BEND,
SAWYERVILLE, COATOPA, RADFORD, AND OLD SPRING HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL, CENTRAL, SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3277 8803 3274 8702 3258 8706 3257 8708
3249 8711 3248 8742 3231 8742 3250 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 275DEG 39KT 3261 8792
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...3.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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