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Wind and rain will spread across Central Alabama tonight and Tuesday morning ahead of the center of a weakening Alberto. There could be a few small, spin-up tornadoes over Southeast and East Alabama. Flash flood watches are in effect for much of the area and a wind advisory for South Central Alabama.
Subtropical Storm Alberto is nearing landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Here is a complete breakdown of impacts for coastal areas from Dauphin Island and Gulf Shores to Panama City.
Subtropical Storm Alberto will be coming ashore in the next few hours just west of Panama City.
The Gulf Coast is feling the impact of Subtropical Storm Alberto with wind, rain and increased tides.
When the Hurricane Hunters flew through the center of Subtropical Storm Alberto around 6:35 a.m., they found little change in the storm.
Rotation is indicated in a cell south southeast of Blountsville, or west of Tallahassee in the Florida Panhandle. Other tornadoes are possible today over southeastern Alabama, southern Georgia, parts of South Carolina and northern Florida.
Subtropical Storm Albert remains about 110 miles south southwest of Panama City early this morning. It is meandering for now but is expected to begin a north northwestward or northerly motion soon.
Strong storms are approaching Birmingham from the northeast. They are not severe but have heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds. And creepy clouds.
Alberto is strengthening as expected and likely becoming tropical as it moves faster and more directly toward the Florida Panhandle. It will be high surf, storm surge and rip currents to the coast along with wind and flooding rains. The flooding threat will increase for Central Alabama Monday afternoon into Tuesday along with gusty winds that could down a few trees. There is a threat for isolated tornadoes over eastern Alabama Monday afternoon into Tuesday.
Alberto is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall on Monday afternoon along the North Central Gulf Coast.
Showers and storms have been a little less widespread today across Central Alabama, except a few areas like Northwest, Northeast ad Southwest Alabama. All eyes continue to be on Subtropical Storm Alberto entering the GUlf of Mexico.
The low pressure center for Subtropical Storm Alberto is over the Yucatan Channel between Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula at the noon hour. It is about 615 miles south southeast of Mobile. It is very disorganized, with almost all of its rain and storms on the eastern side of the system. There is good divergence […]
Dense fog advisory in effect until 9 a.m. CDT for parts of Central Alabama.
Serious flooding in Lee County has even washed out some bridges. Turn around, don’t drown!
Strong storms continue tonight across much of Central Alabama. Frequent lightning, gusty winds, heavy rain and some small hail are possible.
