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Storms Intensifying Over West Central Alabama
Storms are intensifying now over Greene and Sumter Counties. It is raining heavily in Eutaw and east of Livingston. Also, watching a dangerous storm southeast of Meridian. It has a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings and a tornado warnings as … Continue reading
Dropping Dewpoints Are A Good Thing
Some peak wind gusts from the Skycams along with dew points: Still in the warm sector: Trussville 38 mph, Dewpoint still 66F Birmingham 42 mph, Dewpoint still 68F Mount Cheaha 46 mph, Dewpoint still 63F Tuscaloosa 38 mph, Dewpoint still … Continue reading
Winston County Damage
John Talbot getting lots of reports of trees down across Winston County. There are also reports that a large hangar at the Winston County Airport is “basically gone”. The strongest part of that storm passed right over that location earlier. … Continue reading
New Watch Coming for Central Alabama
The NWS Birmingham has alerted us to be looking for a new tornado watch for more parts of Central Alabama. We are also concerned about cells that are growing in intensity ahead of the main line. The growing cells extend … Continue reading
Looking Upstream
In Northwest Alabama, the NWS Huntsville allowed the tornado warning that was in effect for Colbert and Lauderdale Counties to expire. The circulation has weakened. The NWS Huntsville has just issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Colbert, Franklin … Continue reading
Reports, Thoughts from BMX
From the NWS Memphis: 2 NE Bethel Springs [Mcnairy Co, TN] fire dept/rescue reports TSTM WND DMG at 01:38 AM CST — possible tornado. numerous trees and powerlines reported down along with a home on fire in area of wind … Continue reading
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Tornado Watch Coming for Alabama Shortly
Indeed, we have a single line of strong thunderstorms pushing east across western Tennessee and Mississippi at this hour. There are several severe thunderstorm warnings in effect from Central Indiana through western Kentucku, western Mississippi and into eastern Louisiana along … Continue reading
Late Evening Look
Here is a late evening look at our developing severe weather situation. As the high resolution models have been hinting since this afternoon, the advance storms over Mississippi are being overtaken by the main squall line late tonight. You can … Continue reading
Looking West
ON THE SURFACE MAP We have a 998 millibar surface low just north of Texarkana, Arkansas. South and southeasterly winds are averaging 7-14 mph with occasional higher gusts across Alabama. To the west, over Mississippi, they are stronger since they … Continue reading
