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Tornado Warning Cullman County
Tornado Warning for Cullman [AL] till 6:30 PM CDT …* AT 607 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR JONES CHAPEL…OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF CULLMAN…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED DOWN NEAR ARLEY IN … Continue reading
Interesting Storm
Good thing we don’t have much in the way of instability today, or we would be in trouble. Lots of rotation makes nearly every storm spin and look very organized. That’s a suspicious storm over southeastern Jefferson County passing near … Continue reading
Tornado Warning for Winston County
The NWS Birmingham has issued a tornado warning for Winston County. Rotation on radar between Double Springs and Addison. The cell is moving toward Addison and toward northern Cullman County.
North Alabama Tornado Warning
The NWS Huntsville has issued a tornado warning for eastern Lawrence and Morgan Counties, including the Decatur area. Rotation, indicating possible tornado west southwest of Hartselle. Movement is east northeast at 25 mph.
Strong Storms Up North
Storms over Winston County east of Haleyville are approaching Double Springs. Good chance of hail and strong wind gusts with this cell. Other one south of Moulton will move toward toward Priceville.
Hail Potential for Birmingham Metro
The storm now moving across western sections of the Birmingham metro and heading toward downtown could contain hail to the size of marbles. That’s 0.5 inches in diameter. The severe criteria now is 1 inch (the size of quarters.) It … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update
Low topped supercells continue across the northwestern quarter of Alabama this afternoon. It’s hard to call them thunderstorms, since they aren’t producing very much in the way of lightning. A little was showing up in Franklin County. Probably the most … Continue reading
Alabama Deadliest Tornadoes
Deadliest Alabama Tornadoes… 49 3/21/1932 Perry to Coosa County (Killed 21 in Perry Co.; 21 in Jemison) 44 4/20/1920 Marion/Franklin/Colbert/Lawrence Counties 41 3/21/1932 Talladega County 37 3/21/1932 Tuscaloosa County 36 1/22/1904 Hale/Tuscaloosa Counties 35 4/24/1908 Walker/Jefferson/Blount/Marshall and DeKalb Counties 34 … Continue reading
Thunder Shows Up
Showers and some embedded thunder are moving northeastward across Alabama this afternoon. The main activity extends from Cullman and Blount Counties through Jefferson and St. Clair, Shelby and Talladega, Coosa, Clay, Tallapoosa, Elmore and Macon Counties. The cell between Moody … Continue reading
Quick Reports From TX/OK/AR
Snow reports…. TEXAS …8 inches in Plano, which is a Dallas suburb. …1.3 inches at DFW through 7 a.m. They haven’t had any since. The all time record for a March snow at Dallas is 1.6 inches in 1971. OKLAHOMA … Continue reading
