BMX issues Tornado Warning for Blount, Jefferson [AL] till 10:15 AM CDT …* AT 944 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ARKADELPHIA…OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUMITON…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
The tornado warning is for far northern Jefferson County…up around Warrior, Kimberly and Morris…into Blount County…
But the line over western Jefferson County has a history of producing widespread wind damage over Tuscaloosa County…so we want everyone in the Birmingham Metro area to go ahead and be ina safe place until the line passes…
Line will reach downtown and I-65 corridor by 10 a.m. and NE Jefferson County by 10:15.
Southern sections of Metro into nothern Shelby will experience intense storms and winds…those storms seem to be intensifying…could become tornadic…
