Severe Thunderstorm Watch Counties Shuffled
The NWS in Huntsville has added Jackson County to the severe thunderstorm watch and dropped Franklin, Colbert, and Lauderdale Counties.
The NWS in Huntsville has added Jackson County to the severe thunderstorm watch and dropped Franklin, Colbert, and Lauderdale Counties.
At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gurley, or 12 miles southeast of Moores Mill, moving east at 30 mph.
The strongest storm is the one near Haleyville in Winston County and the one in Madison County between Huntsville and Gurley. Neither are quite severe, but they both have hail to the size of mothballs and winds that could gust to 40 mph.
RADAR CHECK: A band of strong thunderstorms is pushing into the northwest corner of Alabama at mid-afternoon; these storms are producing small hail and gusty winds. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the western half of the Tennessee Valley until 8p CT.
Thunderstorms will move into Northwestern Alabama and drift southeastward over the next few hours.
The weather remains unsettled with some scattered showers currently and a better chance of showers and storms this afternoon and evening.
RADAR CHECK: We have a large mass of rain over Southeast Alabama early this morning; the rest of the state is dry with temperatures in the 60s. We expect showers and thunderstorms to form this afternoon and tonight, more numerous over the northern counties.
RADAR CHECK: Most of Alabama is rain-free this afternoon, although showers continue over the far southern counties of the state in the broad some from Mobile to Dothan. The best chance of rain tonight will remain near the Gulf Coast.
A few showers will pass through North and Central Alabama overnight, but they will not be severe. There is a small chance of an isolated severe thunderstorm during the day tomorrow, but the chance has lessened.
Just like the 1973 Carpenter’s song says, they really get me down, especially after a busy holiday weekend celebrating with mom. Through the morning hours, we have been dealing with a widespread, mass of rain falling across the state of Alabama.
Strong thunderstorms will be limited to South Alabama through early afternoon. Another batch will move in late tonight and storms could be severe south of a line from Tuscaloosa to Clanton to Auburn. And scattered storms will form areawide on Tuesday. Some of the storms tomorrow could be severe, but coverage will be limited.