{"id":67803,"date":"2016-02-23T17:40:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T22:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=67803"},"modified":"2016-02-23T17:43:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T22:43:19","slug":"governor-bentley-issues-statewide-state-of-emergency-due-to-expected-impact-of-severe-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/governor-bentley-issues-statewide-state-of-emergency-due-to-expected-impact-of-severe-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor of Alabama Declares State of Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Governor Bentley Issues Statewide State of Emergency Due to Expected Impact of Severe Weather<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MONTGOMERY \u2013Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday declared a statewide <a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/state-of-emergency-declared-in-7-states-over-fears-blizzard-could-affect-76-million-people\/\">State of Emergency<\/a> in anticipation of severe weather moving through Alabama. The National Weather Service has forecast a significant threat of severe weather with impacts from tornadoes, damaging winds, hail, flooding, and flash flooding for a wide area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was briefed on the severe weather by Alabama Emergency Management Agency Director Art Faulkner this afternoon, and based on the evidence from the National Weather Service, it is necessary to issue this state of emergency to ensure state resources are available and can be deployed in a timely manner, if necessary,\u201d Governor Bentley said. \u201cAlabamians are no stranger to severe weather, and as state agencies are preparing, I encourage all Alabamians to take this threat seriously and prepare for impact of severe weather. Now is the time for citizens to ensure they have a method to receive the latest weather updates and know the locations of the nearest community safe rooms. It is proven that community safe rooms save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bentley also ordered the State Emergency Operations Center in Clanton activated to level three.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOE-2232016-500x325.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67804\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOE-2232016-500x325.jpg\" alt=\"SOE-2232016-500x325\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOE-2232016-500x325.jpg 500w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOE-2232016-500x325-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This level of activation will allow AEMA staff to monitor the impact of the severe weather as it crosses the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Bentley Issues Statewide State of Emergency Due to Expected Impact of Severe Weather MONTGOMERY \u2013Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday declared a statewide State of Emergency in anticipation of severe weather moving through Alabama. 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