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NWS Birmingham issues tornado warning for east-central Bibb County
The National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a tornado warning Wednesday afternoon for east-central Bibb County, Alabama, until 4 p.m. CST, citing radar-indicated rotation near Ashby.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a tornado warning at 3:25 p.m. CST Wednesday for east-central Bibb County in central Alabama, in effect until 4 p.m. CST1.
The alert said a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was near Ashby, about 10 miles east of Centreville, moving northeast at 10 mph1. The service listed the hazard as a tornado, the source as radar-indicated rotation, and named Brierfield Ironworks Park and Ashby among locations in the warned area1.
NWS said flying debris would be dangerous to people without shelter, that mobile homes could be damaged or destroyed, and that damage to roofs, windows, vehicles and trees was likely1. It told people to take cover immediately in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building, to avoid windows, and, if outdoors, in a mobile home or in a vehicle, to move to the closest substantial shelter1.
The alert listed severity as extreme, urgency as immediate and certainty as observed1. Whether a tornado touched down, or whether the warning was later extended or canceled, was not stated in the original bulletin1.