A heads up for our friends in Lamar and Fayette Counties. There is a strong bow echo, indicating high potential for damaging winds, that has just pased through Starkville. It is headed toward Columbus MS. A severe thunderstorm warning was just issued for Lowndes County. Before 9 p.m. it will make it into Lamar County, […]
UPDATE: Marion County 911 is reporting a large pine tree is down on AL Hwy 19 near the intersection of county hwy 13 near the Shottsville community in the northwestern part of the county. The line of strong and intense thunderstorms we have been watching all evening is now making its way into west-central Alabama. […]
As we have discussed the threat for damaging winds as well as tornadoes is increasing over North Alabama into Middle Tennessee. Folks in Marion and Franklin Counties need to be ready to act in case a warning is issued. Places like Bexar, Hackleburg, Vina, Red Bay, Phil Campbell and Russellville near to pay close attention […]
The NWS in Memphis has just issued a Tornado Warning for Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties in NE Mississippi till 8:15 PM CST …AT 752 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EVERGREEN…OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. It is affecting Fulton and […]
A line of intense thunderstorms is now less than an hour away from the Northwest Alabama counties of Franklin, Marion and northern Lamar. The NWS Hunstville just issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Franklin and Colbert Counties in Northwest Alabama. Strong storms are lined up now from Booneville to Tupelo to Houston in northeastern Mississippi. […]
A very dangerous potentially tornadic storm is in Marion County MS west southwest of Hattiesburg tonight. It is going to be near Columbia MS shortly. It has a well defined hook echo and velocity couplet. The NWS Jackson warns that its core is increasing as well. This is an indication of how conditions are becoming […]
The NWS has issued a new Tornado Watch for more counties in Central Alabama until 3 a.m. It includes the following counties: Autauga, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Lowndes, Marion, Montgomery, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker and Winston Counties til 3:00 AM CST. This is in addition to the […]
The NWS has issued a Tornado Watch for West Alabama until 1 a.m. It includes Bibb, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Tuscaloosa Counties. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ALICEVILLE…BRENT…CARROLLTON… CENTREVILLE…DEMOPOLIS…EUTAW…GREENSBORO…LINDEN… LIVINGSTON…MARION…MOUNDVILLE…SELMA…TUSCALOOSA… UNIONTOWN AND YORK. Showers and thunderstorms have erupted tonight in the warm and moist air across southern Mississippi. The cap is gone […]
The SPC is currently coordinating with local NWS Offices on issuing a Tornado Watch for portions of Alabama. Storms are developing and intensifying to our west. These storms continue to move east and will be impacting Alabama later this evening. AREAS AFFECTED…MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SRN MS/PARTS OF ERN AND SERN LA/WRN AL CONCERNING…SEVERE POTENTIAL…TORNADO […]
The line of strong to severe storms continues to race east across the Mid-South this evening. The southern end of the line is lagging behind somewhat and is moving slower. We are watching individual cells developing out ahead of the main line across Louisiana and southern Mississippi. These storms are intensifying rapidly and are beginning […]
The line of storms along the cold front continues to develop and intensify this evening. Over the last hour, we have gone from couple of warnings to over a dozen, and that does include a few tornado warnings issued from the NWS Memphis Office. All of northern Mississippi and west-central Tennessee remains under a tornado […]
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. BALMY WINTER AFTERNOON: As expected, it is a warm and windy day across the great state of Alabama ahead […]
The SPC has now issued a Tornado Watch for portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana until 9 PM this evening. This is where the best dynamics are for the threat of severe weather today. This aligns with the moderate risk that was issued in these areas and is the most likely […]
As expected early this afternoon, we are beginning to showers and thunderstorms develop along the frontal boundary to our west. The SPC has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8 PM this evening for portions of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. This will certainly be the first of several watches that will be issued today […]
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