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Shelby County Storms Intensifying
Storms across northern Shelby County are strengthening as an outflow boundary from the weakening Jefferson County storms pushes south. These storms will push southward at 15-20 mph as well.
Reports…
…Judy Freeman reports storm was impressive in Center Point, with numerous tree limbs down in her neighborhood. …trees down in Rainbow City …tree down in Hueytown across from fire station…John Talbot reported power out his location… …trees down in locations … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Housekeeping Notes
The NWS has extended the area of Severe Thunderstorm Watch to include Bibb, Clay, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega and Tuscaloosa Counties till 8:00 PM CDT. The Tennessee Valley Counties including Cullman, have been canceled from the Watch. The Severe Thunderstorm … Continue reading
New Warning Includes Birmingham Area
New severe thunderstorm warning: Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega Here is an updated radar picture just before 4 p.m. showing our line of storms arcing southward through North Central Alabama. The warnings are shown in the … Continue reading
New Blount County Warning
The NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Blount [AL] till 3:45 PM CDT. Hail and damaging winds have been reported with these storms. Lightning and torrential rains will be a problem as well. 000 WUUS54 KBMX 262021 SVRBMX … Continue reading
Strong Storms Pushing Southward
A curved line of intense thunderstorms continues to push southward across North Central Alabama this afternoon. It extends across southern Franklin, southern Lawrence, into northern Winston, northern Cullman/southern Morgan, northern Blount, southern Marshall and DeKalb counties where it splits into … Continue reading
Strong Storms Into Alabama, Others Forming
Strong thunderstorms have pushed into the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama. They cover parts of Franklin, Lauderdale, Colbert, Limestone, Madison and Lawrence Counties. Trees have been downed in Lauderdale County. They are pushing southeast. Additional storms have formed over southern … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued
The SPC has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of North and Central Alabama til 8 pm CDT. Central Alabama counties include Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, St. Clair, Walker, and Winston. North Alabama counties … Continue reading
Active Afternoon Ahead
You couldn’t ask for a more splendid looking summer Sunday morning in Alabama with nearly totally blue skies. Temperatures are warm, already in the middle 80s and humidities are high, with dewpoints around 70F. But I think we are in … Continue reading
Birmingham Metro Storm Weakening
The storm over southern Jefferson and northern Shelby counties is now weakening, but a flash flood warning remains in effect until 9:30 p.m. The storms over Tuscaloosa County have weakened a bit as well as they push southwest. They now … Continue reading
