Broad area of showers at 7:30 extended from NE Alabama to south of Birmingham to south of Demopolis in West Alabama. Some moderate to heavy rain.
Additional showers in West Alabama from Sullugent to Fayette.
Still another developing line of showers over Extreme Nw Alabama. That is the one to watch because that represents a very strong cold front entering the state. Strong shifting winds will accompany this front. Numerous gusts over 40 mph can be expected along with some gusts to 50 or more. This could bring down some power lines and maybe a few trees.
These strong winds will spread all the way down into Central Alabama with the front.
Much colder air is behind the front. Let’s look upstream at some 7 pm reports:
Memphis…41 degrees, wind NW, gusts 39
Blytheville, Ark.,…33 degrees, NW gusts 46, wind chill 18
Tupelo…56, cloudy, wind west, gusts 43
Cape Girardeau, Mo.,…28 degrees, NW gusts to 48, wind chill 11
St. Louis 17, snow flurries, west, gusts 51, wind chill 4 below. (High today was 73!)
RECENT ALABAMA REPORTS
0.84 rain SW Huntsville, gusts to 45
0.41 Springville/Simmons Mountain
0.72 rain Reform
0.45 rain Concord/Hueytown
6:52 pm…trees down with power outages, Waterloo, west edge of Lauderdale County
7:05 pm, trees down at Cherokee, Colvert County, no thunderstorm involved
7:11 pm…few trees down in Cherokee, Colbert County
7:25 pm: Measured wind gust 47 mph at Muscle Shoals Airport
7:30 pm…Underwood-Petersville area, Lauderdale County, trees/power lines down
7:39 pm…measured wind gust 46 mph Downtown Florence
