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Get Ready for Damaging Winds in West Alabama
Get ready for damaging winds from Millport in southern Lamar County to along US-82 in northern Pickens (Mcedonia, Reform, Gordo) to Caroollton, Pickenville and Aliceville to near Union and then even to Geiger in northern Sumter County, which was hit … Continue reading
More Storms Ahead
Severe thunderstorms over eastern Mississippi from Columbus to Louisville will push into West Alabama’s southern Lamar, Pickens and Tuscaloosa Counties in the next hour. Storms over Lamar, Pickens and northern Tuscaloosa Counties right now are already fairly heavy now and … Continue reading
Looking at the Big Picture
Across Central Alabama this morning, we have a slowly weakening thunderstorm complex that is pushing into East Alabama. It has produced fairly widespread wind damage, with numerous reports of trees down, especially across Lamar and Marion Counties and over parts … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Extended
The NWS has extended the area of the Severe Thunderstorm Watch to include Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa [AL] till 9:00 AM CDT. The Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues for for Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, … Continue reading
Nasty Stuff For Magic City Rush Hour
Big thunderstorms continue over western Jefferson County at this time. They cover much of the county west of a line from Hueytown to Adamsville. Would not be surprised to see severe thunderstorm warning extended for Jefferson into Shelby Counties. They … Continue reading
Line Sagging South
Getting reports from Marion County that there is significant wind damage in Marion County from this line of severe thunderstorms. One roof was blown from a house and a tractor shed was destroyed. Trees and power lines are down. Estimate … Continue reading
North Alabama Hail/Wind
The NWS Huntsville reports one inch hail (size of quarter) covering the ground between Huntsville and Scottsboro. Trees are reported down in Marshall County, north of Arab and power was reported out in parts of Arab. Unknown if lightning or … Continue reading
Heads Up Fayette, Pickens, northern Tuscaloosa
That’s a really strong storm from just west of Fayette to west of Belk and Kennedy to near Millport. It has pretty good indications of hail approaching the size of pennies near Millport. This will affect areas from the City … Continue reading
Warnings Continue, Some Reports
The NWS has canceled the warning for Winston County. The storms have moved eastward. The NWS continues the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker [AL] till 5:45 AM CDT Severe thunderstorm warnings continue ahead of … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, Marion, Winston and Walker
The NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston [AL] till 5:45 AM CDT. A line of intense thunderstorms continues east and southeastward this morning. It now extends from Priceville in Morgan … Continue reading
