From Jason Wright at the NWS....

To Our Media Family,

The National Weather Service (NWS) Birmingham Office, along with the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency, will be hosting a Fall Severe Weather Awareness Day Press Conference at the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency's EMA Training Room on Wednesday, October 17th at 11 am.  John James, Acting Director, Alabama Emergency Management Agency, Allen Kniphfer, Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency Director, and Kevin Pence, NWS Birmingham's Science and Operations Officer, will speak.  For background information concerning the Fall Severe Weather Awareness Day, please visit the NWS Birmingham's Website at: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/aware/fall_severe_awareness.php.

For questions, please contact Jason Wright, NWS Birmingham's Warning Coordination Meteorologist at 205-664-7954 or cell: 205-287-1652.