The tornado watch expired at 9 p.m. and there no alerts for Alabama at this hour. Showers and storms continue over Central Alabama from northern Greene through southern Tuscaloosa, northern Bibb, Shelby, Talladega and into Clay Counties. There are storms from just south of Gadsden eastward into Cherokee County near Piedmont. Nothing is strong or […]
Just a few counties left in the tornado watch tonight. The watch only goes for another forty minutes. Instability is really dropping. The strong cap is stifling storm updrafts and strong wind shear is ripping the storm updrafts that do form apart. The storms will continue to go downhill. One strong cell is going to […]
Things are calming a bit overall this evening over Central Alabama. As we lose the heating of the day, instabilities are dropping. To the south, a strong capping inversion remains in place and the storms are continuing to weaken as they push southeast. For the most part. The strongest storm is passing into Georgia from […]
Those storms that earlier wreaked a lot of havoc in Lamar County are a shadow of their former selves, but they still are producing tremendous rain, a good deal of lightning and gusty winds as they across northern Jefferson and St. Clair Counties. The storms extend from Ashville to Springville to Clay to Center Point […]
A very strong thunderstorm is approaching Pickens County at this hour. It has been intensifying and could become severe. That’s the circulation just west of Macon MS. It even has some outside chance of producing a tornado. It will move toward Memphis and Aliceville in Pickens County. Hopefully it will weaken as it pushes east […]
Our line of storms extends from Albertville to Smoke Rise to Cordova to Reform early this evening. It continues to push southeast. The storms are weakening are they push into a more stable airmass, dominated by a strong capping inversion. Folks south of an east-west line drawn through Birmingham may not see much in the […]
Very strong storm in Walker County right now, approaching the Warrior River and Jefferson county. This storm shows some rotation, but has a history of very strong straight line winds, so treat it with respect. It has weakened a little in the past 30 minutes. There is also a gravity wave (small north-south feature) moving […]
As James sometimes says, these storms are “moving at a pretty good clip.” They are about 40 miles northwest of Birmingham now. And moving southeast at 40 mph. So they will start arriving in the Birmingham area by as early as 6:30. They are moving into more stable air and should continue to weaken slightly, […]
The tornado warning has been canceled for Lamar, Marion and Fayette Counties. The tornadic signature has weakened a bit, but the storm is still capable of extremely high winds. It is approaching an arc from Carbon Hill curving down to Fayette. Folks from Berry to Oakman to Parrish and Jasper need to be in safe […]
The NWS has extended the tornado watch to include Jefferson and St. Clair Counties. It goes til 9 p.m. The tornado watch continues for Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston [AL] till 9:00 PM CST. These are only the BMX counties. It also includes Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall and Morgan […]
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA… * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 458 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE […]
…TORNADO WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM… The storm moving out of Lamar into Fayette County is bowing out a little and seems to have a very strong downdraft, producing very high winds. Notice that the winds in the outbound (red) area go back to green in the middle…this means the velocities are folded […]
Tornado Warning for Fayette, Marion, Walker [AL] till 5:30 PM CST …* AT 454 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GUIN…OR 7 MILES WEST OF WINFIELD…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. This dangerous storm could produce 100+ mph winds in places […]
Very strong winds are possible in Lamar, Marion and Fayette Counties as this powerful segment of thunderstorms moves across those counties. Sirens will be sounding in some of the communities ahead of the bow echo. Winds could hit 90 mph in places like Guin, Vernon, Winfield and Glen Allen. They will affect areas like Fayette, […]
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