PICKENS UPDATE Carrollton all clear… Reform is in danger now… Gordo in high danger… Everyone in Pickens County east of AL-17 needs to be in safe shelter… Public report of possible tornado between Gordon and Carrollton… TUSCALOOSA COUNTY Tornado warning … Continue reading →

BMX issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fayette, Walker, Winston [AL] till 9:15 AM CDT Strong line of storms from east of Double Springs to east of Fayette… Will be in Jasper in 30 minutes (9 a.m.). Severe Thunderstorm Warning has … Continue reading →

Circulation about 15 miles WSW of Carrollton in Pickens County…tornado warning in effect for northern Pickens County. Pickensville under the gun NOW. Will move to near Carrollton… Another circulation just east of Ethelsville and Macedonia…moving toward Reform. Severe thunderstorm warning … Continue reading →

Tornado Warning for Pickens [AL] till 9:00 AM CDT …* AT 806 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF ETHELSVILLE…OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. … Continue reading →

We continue to pound the flooding threat, but we don’t want it lost in the other severe weather watches and warnings. Highway 278 is impassable in Sulligent. Skywatcher in Blountsville reports 2.25 inches of rain last night. Bullard Road washed … Continue reading →

A tornado warning is in effect for southern Lowndes and northern Noxubee County MS. Increasingly dangerous looking storm will pass south of Columbus MS as it moves toward northern Pickens and southern Lamar Counties. Look for a tornado warning to … Continue reading →

The NWS Birmingham has issued a flood warning for Blount County… 614 WGUS44 KBMX 061237 FLWBMX BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 737 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ALC009-061530- /O.NEW.KBMX.FA.W.0002.090506T1237Z-090506T1530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BLOUNT AL- … Continue reading →

We have seen some weakening of the line over Northwest Alabama this morning as it moves into rain cooled air from the earlier storms. That is good news. But it is temporary. Look at those dewpoints ahead of the line. … Continue reading →

…Cullman [Cullman Co, AL] emergency mngr reports FLASH FLOOD at 05:15 AM CDT — several inches of water covering cr 616 near the intersection of hwy 31 and interstate 65 in Cullman. …Boaz [Marshall Co, AL] emergency mngr reports FLASH … Continue reading →

Good news is that we have some weakening of the line in Marion County and the tornado warning will not be reissued. A funnel cloud was reported with the storm in the Weston/Hamilton area. Still good probability of damaging winds … Continue reading →