At 631 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
At 622 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
NWS Huntsville has canceled the Tornado Watch for Cullman, Madison, and Morgan counties in North Alabama as the threat for severe storms has ended. NWS Birmingham has canceled the Tornado Watch for Pickens and Walker counties in Central Alabama as the threat for severe storms has ended.
AT 628 PM CST, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BALD ROCK, OR NEAR MOODY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
AT 613 PM CST, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER VANDIVER, OR NEAR LEEDS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
Severe threat continues along/ahead of the cold front, likely concentrating along a corridor from east-central MS to northeast AL. Along with a supercell tornado threat, damaging winds remain possible with the squall line.
At 555 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding.
NWS Birmingham has canceled the Tornado Watch for Fayette and Winston counties in Central Alabama.
At 539 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Lake View, or 8 miles southwest of Bessemer, moving northeast at 60 mph.
At 528 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding.
At 529 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding.
At 527 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brookwood, or 14 miles east of Holt, moving northeast at 65 mph.
NWS Huntsville cancels Lawrence and Limestone counties from the Tornado Watch, but continues the watch until 8 pm for Cullman, Madison, and Morgan counties.
Lamar and Marion counties in Central Alabama, and Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale counties in North Alabama have been removed from the Tornado Watch as the threat of severe storms have come to an end for those locations tonight.
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