Storms continue to push westward tonight and are still capable of strong winds and hail. The system has congealed into a nice little convective system that extends from western Shelby County down to Greenville in Butler County. Areas from just south of Tuscaloosa to Monroeville will be under the gun over the next couple of […]
Strong indications of damaging winds from the storms moving southwest out of the Montgomery area. See the bow configuration on the thunderstorm complex on the radar image. This is a bow echo. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL […]
The National Weather Service allowed the Severe Thunderstorm Watch to expire at 10 p.m. Strong to severe thunderstorms continue late this evening from Shelby County through Chilton County to west of Selma. Colliding outflow boundaries through Chilton and Shelby Counties will maintain the storms’ intensity for the next hour or so. Flooding may be a […]
The storm over Shelby County is surging southwestward along an approaching outflow boundary. It will affect areas from Helena to Alabaster to Pelham. Expect gusty winds, small hail, torrential rains and deadly lightning. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 1030 […]
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… SOUTHERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 912 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUNTER TO NEAR DAVENPORT…MOVING […]
The aforementioned storm moving south southwestward over Shelby County has prompted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Places like Chelse and Westover are in the warning. This storm could produce damaging winds at it pushes southward. It could even intensity as approaching outflow from the East Alabama storms intersects it. Vivid lightning is visible from this storm […]
A new storm has fired south of Moody on the Jefferson/Shelby County Line. It is pushing south and will cross mountainous NE Shelby County moving in the direction of US-280 at Westover, passing between Chelsea and Harpersville. This storm has a lot of rain and hail aloft that must come down, and it could bring […]
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been canceled for Calhoun, Chambers, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph, and Russell Counties. The Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues for Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Talladega, and Tallapoosa Counties till 10:00 p.m. CDT
Big storms are marching down I-85 tonight, approaching the city of Montgomery. The storms extend from Eclectic to Talassee to Shorter and Union Springs. The core of the storm is Southwest of Tuskegee. Strong indications of damaging winds on Doppler radar ahead of the main storms with the outflow. These winds may affect eastern parts […]
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 757 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELTA…OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OXFORD…MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND […]
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been extended until 10:00 p.m. for the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Talladega, Tallapoosa. Severe thunderstorms over East Alabama are producing hail and damaging winds. The strongest storm is between Tuskegee and Auburn. There is another […]
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA… SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 731 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HURTSBORO TO TUSKEGEE […]
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 713 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABERNATHY… OR 7 MILES EAST OF HEFLIN…MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. […]
Cherokee County has been cleared from the severe thunderstorm watch. Autuaga, Chilton and Lowndes have been added. The following counties remain in the watch as well: Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Talladega and Tallapoosa until 9 p.m. CDT
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