Tornado Warning Jefferson/No. Shelby/E Tuscaloosa 6:30 PM

A large and violent tornado is approaching the Birmingham area…

It has caused severe damage in Tuscaloosa.

This is a life threatening TORNADO EMERGENCY for the Birmingham metro…

Communities in the path include…Million Dollar Lakes, Besssemer, Helena, Hueytown, Pleasant Grove, Hoover, Vestavia Hill, Homewood, Ross Bridge, Oxmoor Valley, Fairfield, the city of Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Irondale, Inverness, Liberty Park.

Be in safe shelter NOW!

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
531 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT…STORM SPOTTERS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO ON THE GROUND
NEAR BROOKWOOD…OR 12 MILES EAST OF HOLT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BESSEMER…HUEYTOWN…HELENA…FAIRFIELD…PELHAM…HOOVER…
VESTAVIA HILLS…HOMEWOOD…BIRMINGHAM AND CHELSEA.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 242 THROUGH 282…
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 33…
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 89 THROUGH 140…
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPEAT…A LARGE…EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE…TAKE COVER NOW. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather