Tornado Warning Jefferson/Tuscaloosa, Tiny Part of Walker

Storm that has produced tornado damage in Tuscaloosa will be moving into western Jefferson County.

This warning includes Kellerman, Short Creek, Hueytown, Concord, Mulga, Pleasant Grove, Fairfield, Pratt City, Edgewater, Downtown Birmingham, Oak Grove and Adamsville.

WFUS54 KBMX 230902
TORBMX
ALC073-125-127-230945-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0004.120123T0902Z-120123T0945Z/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
302 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 257 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM…OR
11 MILES NORTH OF HOLT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN
REPORTED…THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION!

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FAIRFIELD…BIRMINGHAM…BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM…BULL CITY…OAK
GROVE…SYLVAN SPRINGS…WEST JEFFERSON…QUINTON…MAYTOWN AND
MULGA.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 261 THROUGH 275…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 78 THROUGH 91…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 118 THROUGH 128…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT…LON 3378 8688 3352 8675 3335 8733 3352 8739
TIME…MOT…LOC 0901Z 248DEG 40KT 3342 8740

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17/KLAWS



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