THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * - TopicsExpress

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1006 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KIMBERLY TO GRAYSVILLE TO GORGAS STEAM PLANT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...FAIRFIELD...HUEYTOWN...BIRMINGHAM... HOMEWOOD...IRONDALE AND BESSEMER. THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 250 THROUGH 282... INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 33... US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91... INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 104 THROUGH 136... INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 137... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.