Special Weather Statement

At 457 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Birmingham to near Abernant. Movement was south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include... Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Hueytown, Gardendale, Irondale, Fairfield, Fultondale, Center Point, Pleasant Grove, Tarrant, Midfield, Adamsville, Brighton, Lipscomb, Lake View, and Brookwood.

This includes the following highways... Interstate 65 between mile markers 249 and 268. Interstate 459 between mile markers 1 and 29. Interstate 59 between mile markers 85 and 136. Interstate 20 between mile markers 131 and 137. Interstate 22 between mile markers 92 and 93.