Severe Weather Update: Tornado Warnings; Damage

By: nbc13.com staff | Alabama's13.com
Published: May 03, 2009

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A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE...EAST CENTRAL ST. CLAIR...CALHOUN...CENTRAL
CLEBURNE AND NORTH CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTIES...

AT 252 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE
TRACKING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. DAMAGE HAS BEEN
REPORTED...TAKE COVER NOW! THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
RAGLAND...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PELL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OHATCHEE BY 305 PM CDT...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAKS BY 315 PM CDT...
WEAVER BY 325 PM CDT...
JACKSONVILLE BY 330 PM CDT...
PIEDMONT AND LIBERTY HILL BY 345 PM CDT...

Many reports of structural damage, trees down, power lines down in counties south and southwest of the Birmingham area, in the greater Birmingham area itself, in Chilton County, near Sylacauga.