High Noon in Alabama

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch is no longer in effect for the immediate Birmingham area.

However, a Tornado Watch continues for a number of NE, East/Central and Central Alabama counties until 6:00 p.m. All of those areas are east of Birmingham.

By midday, the intense thunderstorm that triggered several Tornado Warnings in East Alabama had moved into Georgia and was passing mostly north of the Atlanta area.

Showers continue, especially from Etowah County southward to Montgomery, but at noon there were no intense thunderstorms in that mix.

The big question, and not easy to answer, is will there be any redevelopment this afternoon. We have already had two batches move through. We are cautiously optimistic that any significant redevelopment this afternoon would be mostly over the northern part of the state. No way we can issue a written guarantee on that.

Some of those heavier showers in East Alabama at noon were south of Gadsden, east of Ashville and west of Anniston.

Looking back to the west, more strong thunderstorms were moving east from near Memphis to just north of the Mississippi/Tennessee border. We see little or no redevelopment over the rest of Mississippi, Louisiana or Arkansas.

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
* In Cherokee County NE of Pleasant Gap, the EMA reported wind damage at 11:00 a.m. Roof damage was reported in the Spring Garden area SW of Pleasant Gap. The EMA thinks it was a possible tornado.
* On Second Avenue in downtown Oneonta, there was wind damage to some store fronts.
* There was some street flooding in Etowah County, including the Gadsden area. For a time, some of the streets were impassable.
* The ABC 33/40 skywatcher at Noccalula Falls just north of Gadsden, reports 1.34 inches of rain so far.
* Before daybreak (at 3:15 a.m.) in West Jefferson County, moderate damage was reported to the front of the First Baptist Church three miles NW of Hueytown at 5951 Warrior River Road.
* The Oneonta Fire Department was on there way late this morning to assist people on Straight Mountain where numerous trees were down and to assist some people trapped in their home.
* Matt Teal with the EMA in Cherokee County, reported big trees down on County Road 10. Also, in the same general location, a barn was destroyed. One home had the roof blown off. That house was located in the Spring Garden community.

The above reports are not all inclusive by any means, but it is a good sampling.

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