A fast northeast-moving convective line will continue to pose a wind damage risk along with the potential for a brief tornado from northeast Alabama into northwest Georgia/southeast Tennessee.
AT 137 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GERALDINE, OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBERTVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Severe risk — including potential for a couple of brief tornadoes — continues.
AT 124 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TIMS FORD LAKE TO NEAR SCOTTSBORO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE.
Storms continue to move across North/Central Alabama and have thrown a few surprises into the mix as we have had a few tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings.
AT 118 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ALBERTVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
AT 107 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MORGAN CITY TO NEAR GUNTERSVILLE TO NEAR MCLARTY, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
AT 1258 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NEW MARKET, OR NEAR MOORES MILL, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE.
If you plan to ride out the storm in your home, make sure it is in good repair and up to local hurricane building code specifications.
AT 1256 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SNEAD TO NEAR SPRINGVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
AT 1252 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF OWENS CROSS ROADS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
AT 1245 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED NEAR HAZEL GREEN, OR 9 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIANVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
AT 1236 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN HUNTSVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
At 12:32 pm, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ardmore to near Triana, moving northeast at 30 MPH.
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.
