Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Greene County

Showers and some embedded thunder are over the northwestern quarter of Alabama at this time.

There is a small amount of instability and a fairly decent amount of low level helicity, so we are getting rotational signatures on Doppler radar.

One is near Fayette right now. Other indications of possible strong winds were over Greene and Sumter Counties.

The NWS has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Greene County where there are impressive winds indicated on Doppler. Winds may reach 60-70 mph in this storm.

The NWS has issued significant weather alerts for parts of Fayette, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston Counties as well as the storms move through.

Winds may gust to 45 mph with these storms.

The showers and storms re ahead of a sharp cold front. Temperatures drop about 20 degrees in the first hour after the front passes.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 358 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAINESVILLE…OR 13 MILES WEST OF
EUTAW…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UNION…MANTUA…KNOXVILLE…JENA…I 20 REST AREA NEAR EUTAW…
CLINTON AND SNODDY.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 32 THROUGH 52…



Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather