Wind gust to 63 mph within the last few minutes at Demopolis SkyCam.
Here is a Special Weather Statement from NWS/Birmingham:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
420 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
ALZ023-024-034-122300-
BIBB-JEFFERSON-TUSCALOOSA-
420 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB…JEFFERSON AND TUSCALOOSA
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CST…
AT 420 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINDHAM SPRINGS TO
MOUNDVILLE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF HOLT TO
16 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
LAKE TUSCALOOSA.
WHITSON.
BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM.
COALING.
LITTLE SHOAL.
ABERNANT.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES…TREE
LIMBS…AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
