000 WFUS54 KBMX 071946 TORBHM ALC029-072100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 245 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF HEFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...EDWARDSVILLE... FRUITHURST...HEFLIN AND PINEY WOODS. THIS STORM SHOWS STRONG ROTATION AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL...AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. TAKE COVER NOW...STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3392 8539 3363 8533 3355 8549 3350 8566 3350 8577 3348 8587 3356 8579 3357 8574 3361 8574 3365 8563 3378 8563 $$