Posted on 01/10/2008 3:27:51 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy
Dangerous thunderstorms and tornadoes will continue into tonight across the South. The same system will spark an outbreak of strong storms along the mid-Atlantic coast Friday.
The South Regional News reports increasingly strong storms are erupting from southeastern Louisiana to central Kentucky and will shift eastward later tonight, reaching from the Virginia Panhandle to the Florida Panhandle.
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
Its getting a bit noisy but I think its just thunder...
Is it the part you hang onto when you're frying up some Virginia ham?
Is that the latest ???
Its still a couple of counties over...
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
549 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILSONVILLE...PELHAM...MEADOWBROOK...
HELENA...ALABASTER...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 547 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAGINAW...
OR NEAR ALABASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIAN SPRINGS BY 600 PM CST...
CHELSEA AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADOWBROOK BY 605 PM CST...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHLAND LAKES BY 610 PM CST...
WESTOVER AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILSONVILLE BY 615 PM CST...
HARPERSVILLE BY 625 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.
YIKES!
I’ll stick with earthquakes, if it’s all the same to you!
Always check the time stamps. The PDS Watch was issued earlier today and remains in effect.
Bumpin’ this in case some Freepers haven’t seen it. BTTT !!
Do you live in Northridge ?????
WWUS54 KBMX 102356
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
556 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
ALC117-110030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080111T0030Z/
SHELBY AL-
556 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SHELBY
COUNTY...
AT 553 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAGINAW...OR ABOUT
NEAR ALABASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK BY 610 PM CST...
CHELSEA AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODSTOCK BY 615 PM CST...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHLAND LAKES BY 620 PM CST...
WESTOVER AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT LAUREL BY 625 PM CST...
HARPERSVILLE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF VANDIVER BY 630 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3350 8654 3331 8636 3328 8639 3328 8643
3325 8644 3317 8676 3317 8679 3325 8685
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 240DEG 25KT 3323 8677
$$
STEFKOVICH
New warning up to the county due West of here (Autauga). Storm line should arrive in Elmore County, Alabama in an hour or so.
Battening down hatches at Fortress Babylon!
It took five minutes for this thread to get pulled from Breaking News.
Complete BS during an ongoing life threatening situation.
BTTT
I'm going now to show her this thread. She might need to check and see if all is well up there.
Thanks again for posting this. BTTT!!
La Nina; watch for some real hurricanes this year, especially in the southwestern Gulf areas of Florida.
They lost them in the Civil War.
Four tornadoes in Racine and Kenosha Counties south of here.
Wild Weather!
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