Katrina was demoted to Tropical Storm Katrina early this evening. She is moving north up the east side of Mississippi and just before 8 pm was centered between Columbus and Meridian,
Bands of showers and storms continue to swing around the circulation like a whip...or spokes in a wheel.
Numerous trees continue to be uprooted across West Central Alabama.
The strongest band, swinging around between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, will give the Birmingham area probably the strongest winds of the evening. Could see some trees falling in the Birmingham area between now and about 9 O'clock tonight.
We have a report of a tree across a house at Samantha, in North Tuscaloosa County with two elderly persons trapped. Some wind gusts:
59 mph in Northport around 7:30
54 mph at Legion Field, Birmingham45 mph at Talladega
38 mph in Anniston
Also...
* About one half of Hale County without power
* 43,000 without power in the Tuscaloosa area
Bands of showers and storms continue to swing around the circulation like a whip...or spokes in a wheel.
Numerous trees continue to be uprooted across West Central Alabama.
The strongest band, swinging around between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, will give the Birmingham area probably the strongest winds of the evening. Could see some trees falling in the Birmingham area between now and about 9 O'clock tonight.
We have a report of a tree across a house at Samantha, in North Tuscaloosa County with two elderly persons trapped. Some wind gusts:
59 mph in Northport around 7:30
54 mph at Legion Field, Birmingham45 mph at Talladega
38 mph in Anniston
Also...
* About one half of Hale County without power
* 43,000 without power in the Tuscaloosa area