Published on: February 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM

Hard to keep up with everything going on…so I am going to anchor this posting one place, and update it continuously…I will keep active warnings at top…with updates…

At 6:50 p.m. a line of storms extends across Central Alabama tonight from southern Tuscaloosa through Bibb, Chilton, Shelby, Talladega, southern St. Clair, Calhoun, Cleburne…Clay and Randolph Counties.

EAST ALABAMA TORNADO WARNINGS…
…SHEAR STILL IMPRESSIVE…
Tornado warning for Clay and Randolph Counties…two storms at 652 p.m….one between Ashland and Cragford….other moving into Georgia east of Wedowee…both indicate high probability of damaging winds and tornadoes…as well as large hail.

XTSTORM WARNING for eastern Jefferson and northern Shelby Counties has been cancelled…storm at 652 has moved out of Jefferson and Shelby and is weakening…

XTSTORM WARNING until 715 p.m….for eastern Bib, northern Chilton and southern Shelby Counties…including Columbiana…storm northeast of Centreville at 647 p.m….moving ESE…will pass between Calera and Jemison…

NEW…XTSTORM WARNING until 730 p.m. for southern Tuscaloosa and northern Bibb Counties…at 647 p.m. radar indicated an intensifying storm with large hail and the potential to produce damaging winds from Brookwood to Coaling moving toward Vance…

REPORTS
Reports of hail in the southern Birmingham metro…including 1 inch hail in Homewood at 631 p.m….another report quarter sized hail Goodwin Crest and Bagby in Homewood…dime sized hail in Vestavia…all around 630-635.