Severe Thunderstorm Warning Now for Jefferson County

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 229 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM…OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF CORDOVA…MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SOUTHWESTERN BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…VESTAVIA HILLS…BESSEMER…
HOMEWOOD…HUEYTOWN…FAIRFIELD…PLEASANT GROVE…MIDFIELD…
BRIGHTON…LIPSCOMB…SYLVAN SPRINGS…MULGA…MAYTOWN…
NORTH JOHNS…SPLASH ADVENTURE…ROSS BRIDGE…BLUFF PARK…
CONCORD AND PATTON CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 254.
INTERSTATE 459 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 13.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 118.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather