As the line of storms continues to move eastward through the east-central and south-central parts of the area, the threat for strong to severe storms has ended for those locations west of the squall line.
NWS Birmingham has removed Hale, Marengo, and Tuscaloosa counties from the Tornado Watch as the threat of severe weather has ended for those locations.
The strongest part of the line of storms is moving into the central parts of the area, now stretching from Cullman to Warrior to Bessemer to Brent and to Uniontown.
A line of moderate to heavy rain with a few embedded claps of thunder continues to push its way across the western parts of Central Alabama. As of 11:20 AM, we currently do not have any active severe weather warnings in the area, which is a good relief considering we had a brief run of tornado warnings not that long ago.
NWS Birmingham has expanded the Tornado Watch northward a little bit to include Jefferson, St. Clair, and Tuscaloosa counties.
The storm over Tuscaloosa has reintensified and could produce a tornado as it exits northeastern Tuscaloosa County and moves into western Jefferson County.
A new tornado warning has been issued for Greene County for a circulation approaching Union. It will move into southwestern Tuscaloosa County before 11:15 a.m.
The circulation over Tuscaloosa County has weakened and the tornado warning has been canceled. Be alert as the storm tracks across Tuscaloosa and towards western Jefferson County.
A tornado warned storm continues to move quickly to the northeast around 50 MPH currently in northeastern parts of Greene County and may need to be extended into the southwestern parts of Tuscaloosa County and the northeastern parts of Hale County.
We want our friends in West Alabama, including Greene and Tuscaloosa Counties to take the storm passing northwest of Eutaw very seriously. It could produce a tornado at any time. It could affect the City of Tuscaloosa before 10:30 a.m.
