West Alabama Storms Very Dangerous
They show high probability of damaging winds up to 70 mph. Also 2 inch hail and 45 lightning flashes per minute. As well as torrential rains.
They show high probability of damaging winds up to 70 mph. Also 2 inch hail and 45 lightning flashes per minute. As well as torrential rains.
Be in your safe place on the lowest floor of a site built home or building in a center room away from outside walls and windows. Do not be driving as these storms approach.
A Tornado Damage Signature (TDS) was observed 2 miles south of Eufaula at 1115 a.m. Emergency Manager reports damage on State Dock Road and in the Cyprus Cove subdivision.
Storms over North and Central Alabama all have a high propensity to produce wind damage. Wind damage was reported at Whitney Junction and at Hendrix. There have been several reports of large hail.
Dangerous storms moving into Gadsden right now have torrential rain, lots of lightning, and small hail as well as a high probability of damaging winds.
These storms are pushing rapidly southeastward and will move into Winston and northern Walker Counties over the next hour.
The environment over Alabama is unusually conducive for severe weather for this time of year and all modes of severe weather, including tornadoes, are possible this afternoon and evening.
The Fort Rucker Doppler radar shows the signature east of Abbeville now moving toward Shorterville and Fort Gaines on the Georgia border.
This storm still shows a high probability of large hail and may produce damaging wind gusts to 60 mph.
Thunderstorms are increasing in intensity and more will move in from Mississippi later this morning and this afternoon.
The SPC is concerned about the increasing severe threat across North and Central Alabama and says that a watch will likely be coming soon.
ACTIVE DAY: The weather pattern across Alabama today is more like spring. A band of strong winds aloft is undercutting an upper low over the eastern Great Lakes, and with good dynamic support we expect multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms through tonight. SPC has now defined a “moderate risk” (level 4/5) for parts of Central and South Alabama, including cities like Demopolis, Grove Hill, Selma, Monroeville, Montgomery, Greenville, Andalusia, Auburn, Troy, Eufaula, and Ozark. Lower level risks cover the rest of the state.