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New Tornado Watch
A new tornado watch has been issued until noon for Central Alabama. Central Alabama Counties include: Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston, Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lee, Macon, Marengo, … Continue reading
Watch Likely To Be Extended Southeast
Here is the latest thinking from our friends at the SPC. It basically says that a replacement severe weather watch will be required prior to 5 a.m. for areas southeast of the current watch. MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0039 NWS STORM PREDICTION … Continue reading
Radar Update – Central Alabama
Moderate to heavy showers continue across central Alabama this morning, well south of our main line of storms and cold front. They are mainly southeast of I-59. Some of the main concentrations of showers are over northern Shelby into southern … Continue reading
Line of Intense Storms Pushing Southeast
A line of intense storms is into Northwest Alabama this hour. It now is south of Murfreesboro and Cookeville in Tennessee. It extends on into Mississippi, on to near New Albany and eventually Cleveland. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in … Continue reading
All’s Quiet…For Now
All’s quiet across Central Alabama, unless you count the very heavy rain on the roof of my house here in Trusssville at this hour. The rain really came down here, but just for a minute, indicative of the showeery nature … Continue reading
Tornado Watch Issued for Northwest Alabama for Overnight Hours
Evening model data indicates a better chance of severe storms through the morning hours for West central Alabama. Instability values will be increasing overnight as colder air aloft overspread the warm, most airmass over the state. Wind shear values will … Continue reading
Showers Forming, Storms Late Tonight and Tomorrow
Showers have developed across North Central Alabama tonight in the warm, moist airmass south of a northward retreating warm front and ahead of an upper level disturbance and surface low to our west. There could be some thunder with a … Continue reading
Severe Threat Shrinking
Our line of thunderstorms continues pushing southeastward across Central Alabama this evening. At 6:35 p.m., the storms extended from Cedar Bluff to Mountainboro to Blountsville to Garden City to Sipsey to south of Gordo. The line is moving southeast at … Continue reading
Isolated Severe Weather Still Possible
A look at radars across Alabama this afternoon shows a large area of moderate to heavy rain covering the southern half of the state. Rain and thunderstorms extend back into southern Mississippi and Central Louisiana. There are a couple of … Continue reading
Tornado Watch Soon to our Southwest?
Showers and thunderstorms are increasing across Louisiana at this hour as warm, moist air lifts northeastward ahead of an approaching cold front this morning. The instability is moderate over Louisiana, where the surface warmth and moisture is combining with cold … Continue reading
