Possible Tornado hits Birmingham, Alabama

NWS ^ | 11/24/01 | lucas

[Lucas1]

A tornado was reported in or near the City of Birmingham during the past hour. The NWS reported that the tornado was on the ground.

This Metar indicates the tornado was visible from the airport

SPECI KBHM 241832Z 13010G14KT 8SM FC TS BKN020CB BKN025 BKN032 22/19 A2980 RMK FUNNEL CLOUD B31 AO2 TSB13RAB02E26 PRESFR TORNADO DSNT W LTGCG SW-W TS SW MOV NE P0000

Anyone live in or near that area? More information would be appreciated.

[alancarp]

About 7 Tornado warnings have been issued seemingly all over Alabama in the past hour. Here's the Birmingham report, plus a link to the NWS weather warnings service.

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/al/tornado.html

WFUS54 KBMX 241842
TORBHM
ALC073-241945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1240 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 1239 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR ABERNANT IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH. SHERIFFS DEPUTIES REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MILE MARKER 100
ON INTERSTATE 20.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BESSEMER...
BIRMINGHAM...BRIGHTON...CAHABA HEIGHTS...CENTER POINT...FAIRFIELD...
FORESTDALE...FULTONDALE...GARDENDALE...HOMEWOOD...HUEYTOWN...
IRONDALE...LEEDS...LIPSCOMB...MIDFIELD...MINOR...MOUNTAIN BROOK...
NORTH JOHNS...PINSON...PLEASANT GROVE...TARRANT...TRUSSVILLE AND
VESTAVIA HILLS.

AN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR
FULTONDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
CENTER POINT AND PINSON AREAS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...SEEK SHELTER NOW.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS TORNADO MAY BE OBSCURED BY RAIN...AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. TAKE
COVER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3335 8718 3326 8705 3355 8654 3379 8667

[MHGinTN]

CLICK HERE to view online National Oceanic and Atmospheric of North America, the 'in motion' Birmingham doppler images. Quite an impressive storm front moving in.

[GOPmember]

Audio feed from local TV here

[alancarp]

Thanks - looks like one of them in NW Alabama came right through my cousins' farm. Got an answering machine (real good sign), but nothing else at this point.

[lowteksh]

Listening to the radio it said that it hit in Trustville and Springville - missed Birmingham evidently. The reporter said that there were "multiple cars and 18-wheelers blown off the road". Evidently the storm is moving towards Gadsden along US411 and I-59. Also reporting other tornados in Shelby county. The link to the local news above is where all this info comes from.

[Lucas1]

Numerous reports of damage coming out of Alabama. Several towns have been hit hard.

[Texaggie79]

What an afternoon. I'm in Athens and I heard the tornado sirens all day.

[blam]

I'm in Mobile. Overcast and breezy, high humidity. Just checked TWC and it looks like the edge of the front is getting close to here. Tornado warnings in SE Mississippi.

[Labyrinthos]

Bin Laden strikes again.

[newsperson999]

MIAN THREAD..CLICK

[Jemian]

My brother and his family live in Trussville. Please keep posting the news.

[Vic40]

Trussville which is 10 miles northeast of Birmingham had a tornado. It traveled up I59, turned over some cars, some property damage. No reports of fatailities in Trussville. Other areas in the Northeast portion of the state also had tornadoes on the ground today. One fataility reported somewhere in the state but I don't know where yet.

[Jemian]

I MUST be the DTK (designated thread killer)! Are all y'all in the storm cellar? Someone come up and tell me what is happening in Trussville!

[blam]

"I MUST be the DTK (designated thread killer)! Are all y'all in the storm cellar? "

Nah. The storm is still to the west and north of me. I don't even know where Trussville is. It must be up in North Alabama in yankee territory. lol Conditions here are still the same as previously reported, I'll be The last in Alabama to feel the effects of the storm. Click on the radar site up near the top of the thread.

[Vic40]

Twp confirmed deaths in Lamar County, Alabama - close to Kennedy and Millport.

[Vic40]

Two confirmed deaths in Lamar County

[kcat]

hi Jemian

I have not heard of any bad damage in Trussville, just highway 59 near Trussville where there are cars overturned.

[Jemian]

Trussville is a suburb to the northeast of Birmingham. It lies along I-59.

[JustPiper]

I found this at accuweather.com:

The strongest of these storms will contain heavy rain, gusty wind, hail, and even a tornado. The best chance for this activity will be across Alabama Saturday afternoon and evening and then into Georgia later Saturday night

Anyone from Jasper, have a Grandma I can't reach there today. how can I find out the damage there?