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Storms Continue To Push Eastward Across North/Central Alabama

| February 20, 2019 @ 11:29 am

The line of storms was approaching the cities of Huntsville to Cullman to Tuscaloosa to Eutaw as of the 11:10 am mark on this Wednesday morning. There continues to be copious amounts of rainfall and plenty of lightning along the line as it continues to slowly push eastward. Individual cells in the line are moving quickly off to the northeast around 60 MPH.

No severe weather watches or warnings have been issued for the area, but a Slight Risk for severe storms continue for a small portion of the southwestern parts of Central Alabama, with a Marginal Risk surrounding it. At this point, there is only a 40% chance that a watch will be issued for that part of Central Alabama and back over into southeastern Mississippi.

We still have the potential of isolated damaging wind gusts of 60 MPH or more, along with some hail, and an isolated tornado or two throughout the rest of the morning and into the afternoon hours.

We also continue to have the threat of heavy rainfall amounts over the northern parts of Central Alabama and up into North Alabama and flooding issues have already occurred.

A report just came in that a person was rescued from a tractor that was swept into a creek by rising water in Tuscumbia at Hwy 43 and Cotton Flatts.

Another person was rescued from a stalled car in Lauderdale County on a flooded part of Rocky Ford Lane in Zip City.

Another person in Lauderdale County had to be rescued from a vehicle that was driven into standing water on Hwy 17 near Elks Lodge in Florence.

Please go back and look at the Flooding and Flash Flooding post that I put up yesterday for Severe Weather Awareness Week. Don’t be a statistic… be smart and don’t put yourself in a situation where you have to be rescued. Turn Around… Don’t Drown!

We’ll have updates throughout the day.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.

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