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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Saturday March 31st, 2012 :: 06:11 p.m. CDT

Alert

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for southern Etowah Co until 7pm.

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.

Instructions:


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

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

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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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