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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
404 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 401 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE TO 34 MILES WEST OF
  ABBEVILLE TO 40 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OZARK TO 7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ABBEVILLE BY 440 PM CST...

THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE IN COFFEE COUNTY WITH 
SEVERAL TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN NORTHEAST OF JACK. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3169 8511 3163 8505 3155 8504 3148 8506
      3138 8542 3172 8542 3173 8539 3172 8524
      3176 8521 3180 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 256DEG 50KT 3165 8581 3154 8577
          3142 8586

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