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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Saturday March 31st, 2012 :: 05:42 p.m. CDT

Alert

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING until 6:15.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA...
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALBERTVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINBOW CITY...GADSDEN...HOKES BLUFF...SNEAD...SUSAN MOORE...SARDIS
CITY...WALNUT GROVE AND TABOR ROAD.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 181 THROUGH 188...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Instructions:

Stay indoors and monitor weather conditions.

Address/Location
Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
90 E Broad St
Gadsden, AL 35903

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

Alert Details

Severity:
Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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