Severe Thunderstorm Warning Jackson, DeKalb and Marshall Counties

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
100 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1254 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  BRIDGEPORT TO NEW MARKET...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...GUNTERSVILLE...RAINSVILLE...
  BRIDGEPORT...HENAGAR...STEVENSON...SYLVANIA...FYFFE...
  HOLLYWOOD...SKYLINE...GERALDINE...SECTION...POWELL...
  WOODVILLE...PISGAH...GRANT...IDER...
  VALLEY HEAD AND HAMMONDVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING 
TREE DAMAGE IN WINCHESTER TENNESSEE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.