Tornado warning along the derecho in West Central Alabama…places from Livingston to Demopolis to Linden, Thomastonand Sweet Water are in the greatest danger. Dangerous rotation approaching Tannehill State Park…moving along Eastern Valley Road…toward Bessemer and McCalla. Funnel cloud spotted by … Continue reading →

Tornado warning for… …extreme northern Bibb …northwestern Shelby …extreme eastern Tuscaloosa …southwestern Jefferson County Hook echo showing near North Bibb. Strong indication of rotation on radar. Spotter reported large funnel earlier with this storm. At Green Pond…wall cloud and funnel … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, we have a report of a woman who was killed when a tree fell on her mobile home 2 miles east of Laurel in Mississippi just before noon. The derecho is moving through southern Sumter into southern Greene, southern … Continue reading →

There is a thunderstorm in the Coaling Vance area that had a reported large funnel several minutes ago near highway 82 on the Bibb/Tuscaloosa County line…. Another cell is following on its heels. It is crossing into SE Tuscaloosa County … Continue reading →

Here are the thoughts of NWS Forecaster Kevin Laws: Quick update on mesoscale situation… My biggest and most obvious concern is areas east and southeast of where the initial line of showers and thunderstorms are slowing to a stop. In … Continue reading →

Will keep a running set of notes here as the breaking weather situation continues across Alabama… 12:33…severe thunderstorm warning issued for southern Sumter and Marengo Counties…for the apex of the bow echo…will affect areas south of Livingston to Demopolis to … Continue reading →

Numerous reports of widespread wind damage across South Central Mississippi from the derecho that is about to enter Choctaw, southern Sumter, and Washington Counties. The severe storms and damaging winds will affect southern Hale, much of Marengo and northern Clarke … Continue reading →

A strong thunderstorm southwest of Akron in Hale County has prompted a severe thunderstorm warning for Hale, SW Bibb and southern Tuscaloosa County. The storm is almost entirely out of Greene County already… It will affect places like Akron, Cypress, … Continue reading →

Widespread wind damage reports are coming in from Central Mississippi from the huge bow echo that is moving quickly eastward. It has slowed a little and expanded. It may be weakening along its northern fringe, where instability levels are lower. … Continue reading →

The severe thunderstorm warnings have been dropped along our line of storms as it moves into Alabama. It is being handled with significant weather alerts for now. Our solid line of storms extends now from Pickensville to Geiger to Meridian. … Continue reading →