We are back after being down for several minutes on the blog. All tornado warnings have expired or have been cancelled. A new severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby and Tuscaloosa Counties. Line of storms with … Continue reading →

Birmingham Airport observer driving along Lakeshore Drive reports funnel cloud. Tornado warning for southern Jefferson County and northern Shelby County until 3:45 p.m. Homewood, Mountain Brook and Irondale as well as Liberty Park need to be in tornado plan.

Tornado warning continues for Jefferson and Shelby Counties until 3:45 p.m. Severe storm over western sections of Birmingham metro. Will affect Tarrant City, Airport, Downtown, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia and Irondale. Strongest rotation is over the Oxmoor Valley approaching Over … Continue reading →

Damage Reports are beginning to come in from across the state as the storms pass. The Emergency Manager reports that in Vernon in Lamar County there are reports of multiple trees and power lines down along highway 17. Also in … Continue reading →

A tornado warning is in effect for Etowah and Blount Counties until 415 p.m. Possible tornado near Altoona. Moving ENE at 40 mph. Moving in general direction of Walnut Groverm Reece City and Winterboro… Trained spotter reporting heavy rain and … Continue reading →

From a blog reader in Cullman… never seen winds like this in my entire life. @ 2:40 pm strong winds came up from southeast almost straight line. Trees snapped. Roads (Grahman street, behind Lowes and behind Town square shopping mall … Continue reading →

The storm is over western Jefferson County about 5 miles west of Brighton or near Oak Grove High School. This storm will move east. Will affect downtown Birmingham. People should take cover in their tornado safe place as this dangerous … Continue reading →

The NWS out of Huntsvill issues a Tornado Warning for Northeastern Cullman, Southeastern Morgan, and Northern Marshall Counties until 3:30. * AT 250 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES … Continue reading →

Four tornado warnings now… 300 p.m. for Cullman County. A wall cloud has been reported with this storm near the city of Cullman. 315 p.m. for northern Jefferson and southern Blount Counties. Rotation west of Kimberly and Morris. moving East. … Continue reading →

Very strong indications of rotation 20 miles west of Maytown…in NE Tuscaloosa…will move across extreme SE Walker County…into western Jefferson County… Has large hail…may affect downtown Birmingham eventually. Heads up all communities in the path of this dangerous storm…be in … Continue reading →