Tornado Warning for Jefferson County

The NWS is extending the tornado warning into Jefferson County now…folks from Kellerman in eastern Tuscaloosa County up into the Hueytown, Sylvan Springs, Mulga, Fairfield, Midfield and Bessemer areas need to be in safe shelter.

WFUS54 KBMX 112353
TORBMX
ALC073-125-120045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0041.110411T2353Z-110412T0045Z/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
653 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 647 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BROOKWOOD…OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HOLT…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HUEYTOWN…BESSEMER…FAIRFIELD…OAK GROVE…NORTH JOHNS…ALABAMA
ADVENTURE…SYLVAN SPRINGS…MAYTOWN…BRIGHTON AND MULGA.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 10…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 104 THROUGH 120…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

&&

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

LAT…LON 3360 8692 3336 8683 3335 8684 3327 8733
3339 8737
TIME…MOT…LOC 2353Z 254DEG 45KT 3335 8724

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