An extremely powerful tornado is on the ground in Pickens County. It is passing west of downtown Carrollton. It will be crossing US-82 around 515 p.m. It is moving directly toward Reform! People in the path of the tornado along and west of AL-17 must be in safe shelter NOW! This storm is be in […]
…TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CARROLLTON ALABAMA… …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY… AT 452 PM CST…A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN…OR NEAR PICKENSVILLE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CARROLLTON. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAZARD…DEADLY TORNADO. SOURCE…WEATHER SPOTTERS […]
Clear indications of a tornado on the ground in Pickens County now with debris signature, very strong rotational couplet, rotation maximum and clear hook echo. Spotter has a visual on the tornado. Take cover immediately if you are in the warning in Pickens County, especially from Sapps to Carrollton. This tornado will move toward Reform […]
LATE REPORT 4:39 PM Spotters report large tornado visible from AL-17 on the Pickens/Sumter line at 4:38. Radar indicates the tornado is near Cochrane. It will pass very near Alieville and McMullen. Take cover immediately from this dangerous tornado! ORIGINAL POST Confirmed large and dangerous tornado on the ground northwest of Geiger in Sumter County. […]
Here is a look at the HRRR radar projection for this evening. Here is my thinking. Four phases of weather will impact Alabama tonight: 1. Run of the mill showers and storms from Marshall County down through Blount, Jefferson and Bibb Counties will not be severe as they lift northeastward. 2. Tornadic supercell moving into […]
Here is an update on the Alabama Weather Situation at 3:45 p.m. Tornadic supercell thunderstorms are nearing the Alabama/Mississippi border at this hour. There is a confirmed tornado south of DeKalb MS that will move northeast toward northern Sumter and southern Pickens Counties, in the general direction of Carrollton. There is tornado damage reported in […]
Counties included are: Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Marengo, Marion, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston.
The latest from the SPC highlights the threat of a few strong tornadoes for the next few hours over western Alabama into Middle Tennessee. The potential watch area is outlined in pink. Click the image to enlarge the graphic and read the full discussion. Highlights: …Watch likely to be issued by 4 p.m. …Low and […]
There are three tornado warnings in eastern Mississippi right now. One is just west of Starkville. The warning does not include the campus of Mississippi State University. That storm shows strong rotation but no debris signature right now. This one will move toward northern Lamar and Marion Counties. It will arrive in Alabama between 4 […]
Who’s tripping down the streets of the city Smilin’ at everybody she sees Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment Everyone knows it’s Windy Do you remember that song by The Association? It certainly applies to today’s weather. This graphic shows the center of the low pressure system west of Kansas City and the surface […]
The SPC just issued a mesoscale discussion for the increasing tornado threat over eastern Mississippi. Here is a current graphic showing the satellite, radar, temperatures, the area covered by the mesoscale discussion in Mississippi. This activity will of course push into western Alabama between 3 and 4 p.m. The airmass across western Alabama is increasingly […]
A few things to note from the graphic: …A tornado watch has now been issued for northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and small parts of eastern Arkansas, southern Illinois and the Missouri Bootheel. It goes until 7 p.m. …A new tornado watch has also been issued for parts of southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern […]
The morning update to the SPC severe weather outlook expanded the enhanced risk area to include much of the northwestern half of Alabama. The enhanced risk area now extends from Louisville KY to just east of Memphis and Nashville to Jackson MS and just east of Birmingham to just north of Mobile. The tornado risk […]
Good morning! We are settling in for a long day and night of monitoring severe weather here at AlabamaWX. We will have frequent updates throughout the day of the thinking about the meteorology and of course a running account of developments as soon as watches and warnings happen. Showers and storms have already formed over […]
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
