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Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency
Tuesday March 31st, 2015 :: 05:38 p.m. CDT

Alert

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING until 6:30p. Storms will produce large hail and damaging winds.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
534 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT
GROVE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOAZ...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GADSDEN...RAINBOW CITY...BOAZ...HOKES BLUFF...ATTALLA...GLENCOE...
SARDIS CITY...ALTOONA...WALNUT GROVE...REECE CITY...GADSDEN MALL...
TABOR ROAD...AURORA...NOCCALULA FALLS...BALLPLAY...RIDGEVILLE...
GADSDEN STEAM PLANT...RAMSEY...ROCKLEDGE AND MOUNTAINBORO.

Instructions:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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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