Severe storm just north of Columbus MS will be into Lamar County within the hour. Other storms are beginning to line up like trains over into West Central Alabama’s Pickens County. Large hail will be a real threat with the … Continue reading →

The NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa Counties till 9:00 PM … Continue reading →

Thunderstorms have increased in coverage and intensity over northern Mississippi in an instability axis where CAPEs are 500-1500 j/kg. A few severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued. The storms will be entering West Alabama soon…but the airmass they will be … Continue reading →

The NWS has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston Counties. A stalled frontal … Continue reading →

Things have calmed down across Central Alabama for the time being. Looking back to the west… There is a severe thunderstorm over North Central Mississippi. This storm produced golf ball sized hail at Oxford. It underwent a split and the … Continue reading →

The Weather Service is choosing not to extend the severe thunderstorm warning further eastward. Things have calmed just a bit. They did issue a significant weather alert for areas downstream of the thunderstorms. Folks in eastern Shelby, southern Talladega, northern … Continue reading →

LATE NOTE: The stronger storms have edged out of southern Jefferson County, and the warning has been canceled for southern Jefferson County. Severe thunderstorm warning continues until 10:30 a.m. for eastern Bibb, southern Jefferson, much of Shelby and parts of … Continue reading →

The storm that moved through Tuscaloosa has caused extremely strong winds. Numerous reports of tree limbs down. There are reports of trees down on the UA campus. Power is reportedly out at Rose Towers. A large tree is blocking Lurleen … Continue reading →

Winds of 60-70 mph estimated in Tuscaloosa as this strong complex of storms moved through. There are some trees and tree limbs down in the Tuscaloosa area and some trafiic lights out. It now is approaching Brookwood, Coaling and Vance. … Continue reading →

Just recorded 53 mph wind gust on top of the Tuscaloosa Courthouse. Also had a 55 mph wind gust at the Tuscaloosa Airport. The NWS has issued a new Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Bibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa [AL] till 10:00 … Continue reading →