NWS Birmingham Confirms 2 Tornadoes Along Lakeshore Early Sunday Morning
The NWS Birmingham has confirmed two tornadoes touched down early Sunday morning along Lakeshore Drive in Homewood. Both rated EF1.
Archive for December 10th, 2023
Early Afternoon Forecast Update
Clearing skies are working their way across Alabama this afternoon even as showers are asking for a late checkout in the eastern portion of the state. This week will be dry and cool through Friday before rain returns for the weekend.
Sunday Weather Briefing: Severe Weather Over for North and Central Alabama; Dry, Cool Week Ahead
Rain will end from the northwest this morning, with some clearing during the day, but temperatures will remain steady or fall slowly because of cold air advection behind our front.
5:35 a.m. Update: Severe Weather Threat for Central Alabama Is Basically Over
The tornado watch continues for Barbour, Pike, and Crenshaw Counties in the NWS Birmingham CWA, but the storms are out of Crenshaw, and will be out of Pike shortly. That just leaves Barbour and the storms in that county are much weaker now.
Tornado Warning for Eastern Lee County; Latest on the Tornado Watch
Dangerous storm over Lee County could produce a tornado at any time. Be in safe shelter if you are in the polygon.
3 a.m. Update: More Counties Cleared
As you can tell from the radar, things have calmed considerably over Alabama over the past two hours. There are no severe weather warnings in effect for any part of Alabama at this hour.
All Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Are Done For Now; Tornado Watches Continue
The storms over East Alabama are strong but not severe. They will be moving into Georgia over the next hour.
Tornado Warning for Barbour County
At 148 AM CST, a tornado producing storm was located over Richards Crossroads, or 11 miles north of Abbeville, moving northeast at 30 mph.
New Tornado Watch until 8 a.m. for Southeastern Portions of Central Alabama; New Severe Thunderstorm Warning As Well
New warning just extended into Talladega, Chilton, Shelby and Coosa Counties.
New Severe Thunderstorm Warning Until 1:30 a.m.
There are numerous reports of trees down in Vestavia, Hoover, Mountain Brook, and across other parts of Jefferson, Shelby, and St. Clair Counties.
Winds Gust to 54 mph at Birmingham Airport
The strongest winds are now in the Leeds area. Winds may be 60-70 mph in the Leeds/Moody area.
Watch Out for Tornado In Homewood; High Winds Hoover and Vestavia, Trees Down
Be in safe place in Homewood, Hoover, and Vestavia!!
New Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Jefferson, St. Clair, and Blount Counties
Be in a safe place as this dangerous arc of severe storms moves across the Greater Birmingham Area. Winds could gust to 60-70 mph.
