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SVRBMX The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Shelby County in central Alabama... South central Jefferson County in central Alabama... * Until 445 PM CDT. * At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bluff Park, or over Hoover, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hoover, Alabaster, Bessemer, Pelham, Helena, Indian Springs Village, Riverchase, Patton Creek, Oak Mountain State Park, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Ross Bridge, Riverchase Galleria, Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Joe Tucker Park, Bessemer Airport, and Lake Cyrus. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Jefferson, AL; Shelby, AL · 33.340°, -86.858°
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- official severity
- Severe
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Jefferson, AL; Shelby, AL
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SVRBMX The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Shelby County in central Alabama... South central Jefferson County in central Alabama... * Until 445 PM CDT. * At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bluff Park, or over Hoover, moving southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hoover, Alabaster, Bessemer, Pelham, Helena, Indian Springs Village, Riverchase, Patton Creek, Oak Mountain State Park, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Ross Bridge, Riverchase Galleria, Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Joe Tucker Park, Bessemer Airport, and Lake Cyrus. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.