That line of thunderstorms moving across North Alabama early on this Thanksgiving morning finally shows signs of a decrease in strength.
However, they are still rather strong.
At 1:35 am, the line of thunderstorms extended from Scottsboro in Extreme NE Alabama, southwestward to Cullman and Jasper. Moving east at about 45 mph. Cullman Airport reported a wind gust to 49 mph as the line moved across the area.
Lightning return from these storms had decreased some but there is still plenty of it.
NWS/Birmingham posted a Significant Weather Alert for Blount and Etowah County until 2:30 am. Generally, this means winds up to 40 mph or so that could blow off some tree limbs, downpours of rain and even some small hail.
This line of storms is much shorter than it was earlier tonight. The part that was in Mississippi has greatly diminished. This is bad news for parts of Alabama.
The south end of the main line of storms stops in Walker County. It now appears that the Tuscaloosa area will get very little rain and most of it will also bypass Birmingham to the north.
REPORT FROM BEAR CREEK
3340 Skywatcher Alan advises there was no severe weather there when the line of storms moved through. He recorded a peak gust of 39 mph soon after midnight and got 0.41 inch of rain in one hour. That brought the total for the day to 0.98. Bear Creek mis in NW Alabama east of Hackleburg and NW of Haleyville.
POSITION REPORT ON COLD FRONT
It is generally along the line of thunderstorms, The 1 am temperature in Tuscaloosa was 68 but it was a cold 43 in Memphis with brisk NW winds and only 32 at Fayetteville, in NW Arkansas.
