SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1149 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2021 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT. * AT 1148 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOCUST FORK TO NEAR FORESTDALE, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHERN BIRMINGHAM, TRUSSVILLE, GARDENDALE, IRONDALE, LEEDS, MOODY, FULTONDALE, ONEONTA, SPRINGVILLE, ODENVILLE, CLEVELAND, DALLAS, CENTER POINT, CLAY, PINSON, TARRANT, MARGARET, ARGO, WARRIOR AND KIMBERLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.