BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Warning / National Weather Service Birmingham AL

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northern Calhoun County in east central Alabama,  Eastern Etowah County in northeastern Alabama, Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama

* Until 815am CDT/At 707am CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles northeast of – Fort Payne to Steele – moving  east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD / 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE / Radar indicated.

  IMPACT / Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include:

Gadsden, Jacksonville, Rainbow City, Piedmont, Hokes Bluff, Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Forney, Centre Municipal Airport, Glencoe, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Blanche, Eastern Weiss Lake, and Slackland.

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.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.