A long narrow line of moderate to heavy showers has moved quickly over into
NE and Extreme East Alabama. This is the actual arctic cold front.
The front passed Birmingham Airport at 1:18 AM. Winds shifted to the west
and gusted to 41 mph and temperatures began falling rapidly.
The wind will remain rather strong and gusty for the rest of the night but
the threat of any severe weather has ended for the Greater Birmingham area
and Alabama.
By daybreak it will be much colder.
This will probably be our last update until the morning discussion by James around 6 am. Thanks to Bill Murry for helping with blog duty late last night while I was very busy doing numerous radio broadcasts during the heat of battle.
This was a most unusual situation. The possible tornado in the Demopolis area happened with very low-topped storms and without lightning! Very difficult to warn for.
Before we finally get some shut-eye, lets look at some:
SPOT REPORTS AT 3 AM CST
72 and cloudy in Fort Payne (cold front approaching)
51 and cloudy in Tuscaloosa
39 cloudy in Columbus, Miss.
38 cloudy in Tupelo
33 cloudy in Greenwood, Miss.
32 cloudy in Shreveport
27 cloudy in Pine Bluff, Ark.
26 cloudy in Little Rock
18 cloudy in Fayetteville, Ark.
29 clear in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW Airport)
20 with scattered clouds in Oklahoma City
17 clear in Kansas City
30 with snow in St. Louis
33 cloudy in Chicago
Thanks for all the help from the 3340 Skywatchers.
Goodnight!
