The Tornado Watch continues until 10 am for a number of counties in West and Central Alabama. I will post the actual list of counties again at the end of this report.
At 4:40 am, thunderstorms in Alabama have become more disorganized but still locally strong. Based on lightening detection equipment, the stronger storms were over Fayette, Walker and Cullman County. No change in the direction of movement–all toward the northeast.
No warnings at all in Alabama since the watch was issued. Of course, that could change. However, this does not appear to be a major threat.
A number of Tornado Warnings, however, in South Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana.
Morning Drive time this morning may be stormy so a good idea is to allow extra driving time.
Here is a repeat list of the Alabama counties in the Tornado Watch until 10 am:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 887 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
BIBB JEFFERSON PERRY
SHELBY WALKER
IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
MARION WINSTON
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
FAYETTE GREENE HALE
LAMAR MARENGO PICKENS
SUMTER TUSCALOOSA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALABASTER...ALICEVILLE...
BIRMINGHAM...BRENT...CARROLLTON...CENTREVILLE...COLUMBIANA...
DEMOPOLIS...EUTAW...FAYETTE...GREENSBORO...HALEYVILLE...
HAMILTON...HOOVER...JASPER...LINDEN...LIVINGSTON...MARION...
MOUNDVILLE...PELHAM...SULLIGENT...TUSCALOOSA...UNIONTOWN...
VERNON AND YORK.
