Thunderstorms in Central Alabama powering up again.

Tornado Warning Perry County till 10:30
Tornado Warning Chilton County until 11

The Tornado Watch continues until 2 AM.

Finishing our list of the deadliest individual tornadoes in Alabama history:

5. January 22, 1904 (36 deaths) - Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties. This is the earliest season tornado in our list, reminding us that deadly twisters do not necessarily occur in our peak tornado seasons of the Spring and Fall. The unseasonable F4 tornado leveled the northern part of Moundville a little after midnight, killing 36 people and injuring 63. The tornado reportedly glowed with a phosphorescent glow. The northern part of the town was destroyed and only one building was left standing. Bodies were blown as far as one half mile. An engineer on a northbound Great Southern train saw the destruction right after it occurred, and backed his train 12 miles in reverse to the town of Akron, where he sent a telegram for help.

4. March 21, 1932 (37 deaths) - This F4 tornado touched down around 4 p.m. near Ralph in Tuscaloosa County. It moved northeast, crossing the northwestern section of the city of Tuscaloosa. It then crossed the Black Warrior River and fell with a hellish fury on the main downtown area of Northport. A total of 37 people died along this tornado’s 20 mile path.

3. March 21, 1932 (41 deaths) - The town of Sylacauga was hardest hit by a large F4 tornado that cut a 25 mile path across the county during the early evening hours. Twenty nine people died at Sylacauga.

2. April 20, 1920 (44 deaths) - This tornado touched down in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi at about 8 o’clock in the morning. It killed 44 people in Mississippi before it entered Marion County. Starkville, Cedar Bluff and Aberdeen were hard hit. In Marion County, the F4 tornado struck south of Bexar, killing nine people. Eleven more people lost their lives across Marion County. Franklin County was not spared, as the buzz saw killed nineteen more people. It passed into Colbert County and dissipated over Lawrence County.

1. March 21, 1932 (49 deaths) - The deadliest tornado ever recorded in Alabama was part of the deadliest outbreak in the state’s history. This tornado occurred around 4:30 p.m., as a twister touched down in Perry County. At least 21 people died in the County. The F4 killer tornado moved across Bibb County and into Chilton County. At least 21 people were killed at Jemison and Union Grove. Two devastating tornadoes cut parallel paths across Chilton County less than one hour apart.

Tornado Warning for Tuscaloosa County expired at 9 PM. Parent thunderstorm moved into SW and West Tuscaloosa County and moved NE. Worst part of the storm passed immediately west and north of Tuscaloosa-Northport and then into NE Tuscaloosa County.

No confirmed reports of damage in Tuscaloosa County...or Pickens County...or North Greene County where Tornado Warnings were in effect earlier.

Continue to scan down for additional information on earlier posts

The Tornado Watch continues for a bunch of counties until 2 AM, CST. The complete list is on one of the posts below...

Stay tuned...

TORNADO WARNING FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CST
Strong indications of a tornado 9 miles SW of Coker or near Romulus in Tuscaloosa County. This storm is moving to the NNE at 60 mph. It will pass over the City of Tuscaloosa and Northport between now and 845. Two funnel clouds reported by EMA near Lake Lurlene, northwest of Tuscaloosa. Residents of Tuscaloosa, Northport and at the University of Alabama should be in safe shelter. Please take this warning seriously.

Tuscalooa Weather Radio is off the air.

Be sure all evening to scan down to other posts besides this one...we are only adding the very latest to the post on top.

Tornado Warning for North Greene County.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fayette County.
Big storms approaching Hale County
Dangerous looking storm over North Fayette County

Tornado Warning now for Tuscaloosa County till 9 PM

A Tornado Warning for Pickens County until 8:30 PM...mainly for the south part of the county.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lamar County until 8:30

It is near certain that Tuscaloosa County will need some type of warning soon.

Talked to Pickens County 911 Center a few minutes ago. At that time they had no reports of severe weather but since that time dime size hail reported at McShan, Pickens County and hail NW of Reform.

Big storms in Greene County moving rapidly toward Hale County.

Scan down for previous post for extra information

Thunderstorms intensifying rapidly over East Central Mississippi.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for West Alabama's Pickens County until 7:45.

New Tornado Watch (Number 72) now in effect for a big chuck of Alabama until 2 am CST. Here are the counties:

AUTAUGA BIBB BLOUNT
BUTLER CHILTON CHOCTAW
CLARKE CONECUH COOSA
CULLMAN DALLAS ELMORE
ESCAMBIA FAYETTE GREENE
HALE JEFFERSON LAMAR
LAWRENCE LOWNDES MARENGO
MARION MONROE MONTGOMERY
MORGAN PERRY PICKENS
SHELBY ST. CLAIR SUMTER
TALLADEGA TUSCALOOSA WALKER
WASHINGTON WILCOX WINSTON

A number of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and one Tornado Warning in effect now for a cluster of counties in East Central Mississippi.

May be a late night...stay tuned.

Reports of damage are really growing over south Georgia, and we now have the first report of a fatality in Donalsonville, Georgia, only about 15 miles east of the Alabama state line. We are trying to keep an accurate count on injuries; we now have at least over two dozen injuries reported, some are in critical condition.

A few selected reports from southwest Georgia from NWS damage reports:

Donalsonville, Georgia:
*** 1 FATAL *** TORNADO CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND. ADDITIONAL INJURIES REPORTED. ONE FATALITY CONFIRMED BY GEMA AS OF 6 PM EST.

Enterprise, Georgia:
*** 5 INJURIES *** TRAILERS AND BRICK HOUSES DESTROYED IN ENTERPRISE AND ACROSS REST OF COUNTY. AT LEAST 5 INJURIES REPORTED AND SOME CRITICAL. NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

Screven, Georgia:
POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH 3 BUSINESSES DESTROYED AS WELL AS CAMPERS SEVERELY DAMAGED.

Doerun, Georgia:
POSSIBLE TORNADO ON SR 133. NUMEROUS TREES...POWERLINES DOWN AND SHEET METAL TORN OFF ROOFS.


This is a major severe weather outbreak...

As we get more details we will pass along the information. Also... notice the new MD from SPC:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0351.html

Our risk of severe weather here is not over.

Considering the time of the day, the position of the upper trough, and the current state of the atmosphere, it sure looks like the greatest risk of additional severe weather will come over the northwest corner of the state this evening. Specifically, we are talking Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties initially. The storms to the south just are not getting any stronger.

Wow... as I write this a new severe thunderstorm watch is being issued that includes those three counties I mentioned in the first paragraph. Nice to know someone in Norman agrees with us.

The severe weather threat seems to be lower now for Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, and Gadsden. Can't rule it out, but the coldest air aloft should pass to the north of us.

About to show video of the southeast Alabama damage on ABC 33/40 News at 5:00. Looks like damage across south Georgia is widespread and severe...

A storm shows very nice rotation now near Batesville, Mississippi, and tornado warnings are up for Desoto and Tunica counties, south of Memphis.

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KMEG/0503222214.wfus54.html

Seems like that storm is on the warm front... the front extends into north Alabama so we will need to keep an eye on it.

Beginning to look like the greatest risk of severe storms tonight will come from 6:00 until midnight... maybe even 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. over the far eastern counties of the state.