Tornado Watch Extended Northward…Includes Sumter/Marengo Counties

The tornado watch has been extended slightly northward as advertised. It goes until 10 p.m. COunties included are Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery,Pike, Sumter and Marengo.

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 836
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
347 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

ALC001-047-085-091-101-109-119-050300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.A.0836.110904T2047Z-110905T0300Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 836 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

AUTAUGA DALLAS LOWNDES
MONTGOMERY

IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

PIKE

IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

MARENGO SUMTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…DEMOPOLIS…FORT DEPOSIT…LINDEN…
LIVINGSTON…LOWNDESBORO…MONTGOMERY…PRATTVILLE…SELMA…
TROY AND YORK.

DISCUSSION…TS LEE CENTER CONTINUES A SLOW NWD DRIFT ABOUT 35 NM NW
OF KBTR. CENTER SHOULD TURN MORE NEWD THIS EVE AS INFLUENCE OF AN
UPR TROUGH OVER THE UPR GRTLKS/MIDWEST GRAZES THE REGION. TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER…BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S WILL
EDGE NWD WITH TIME INTO ECNTRL MS/CNTRL AL. UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN
COMBINATION WITH CONSIDERABLE LOW-LEVEL SRH WILL KEEP THE RISKS FOR
BRIEF SUPERCELLS WITH TRANSIENT/BRIEF TORNADOES ALIVE AS SPIRAL
BANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVE.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather