Rapid changes this afternoon. It is near impossible to post the full warning on everything. To catch up, here we are in note form:
* Marion County EMA reports wind damage at 1:50 p.m. in Winfield. Several trees were uprooted with winds estimated as high as 50 mph. These were straight-line winds with no thunderstorm involved.
* WHNT-TV in Huntsville reporting baseball-size hail.
* NWS/Huntsville issuing Tornado Warning for Limestone, Madison and Morgan Counties until 2:45. This was based on a 2:18 p.m. Doppler radar indication of a severe storm that could produce a tornado located near Priceville or about 6 miles south of Decatur moving east at 50.
* Trained storm spotters reported a tornado at 2:11 p.m. about 8 miles east of Fayetteville moving NE at 50. This is in Tennessee.
* A Tuscaloosa storm spotter reported a tornado touchdown at Moulton in Lawrence County. No details.
* NWS/Birmingham continues a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Marion and Winston Counties until 3:00 p.m.
RADAR UPDATE
That line of powerful thunderstorms at 2:25 p.m. was located from NE Marion County near Hackleburg and Bear Creek northeastward to near Moulton and Huntsville and into South Tennessee. Lightning is severe all along this line of dangerous storms. Movement of the line is generally ENE. Further south, some showers were developinig over Walker and North Jefferson County and a possible thunderstorm under development over East/Central Alabama in North Clay County in the NE edge of Talladega County.
