Tornado Watch for Northwest Alabama

December 3, 2005, 10:33 pm
Posted by Bill Murray in Severe Weather
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The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch effective until 5 a.m. CST for the following counties in Northwest Alabama...
COLBERT... CULLMAN... FAYETTE... FRANKLIN... LAMAR... LAUDERDALE... LAWRENCE... LIMEESTONE.... MADISON... MARION... MORGAN... PICKENS... WALKER... WINSTON

The airmass over Northwest Alabama is becoming more unstable late tonight. Low pressure is located over western Tennessee tonight. Thunderstorms began forming earlier this evening over Tennessee in advance of warm front that has been pushing northward all day ahead of the low. Back to the west, strong thunderstorms are erupting over northern Mississippi ahead of a cold front.

Thunderstorms will continue to develop ahead of the front overnight. Any individual storms that form ahead of the line could produce tornadoes.

Residents of Northwest Alabama should make sure they have a way to receive warnings overnight tonight, even while they are sleeping. Please stay weather aware overnight tonight.

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Posted by John T.  
on December 3, 2005, 10:53 pm
Thank you for the update Bill. Looks to be getting interesting with our neighboring states. Looks like ours will be tomorrow.

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Posted by Paul  
on December 3, 2005, 11:14 pm
Hey John T,don't rest too easy,that line is booking it.

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Posted by SnowDance  
on December 3, 2005, 11:17 pm
SNOW DANCE!!!!!!!111

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Posted by  
on December 3, 2005, 11:21 pm
Here is a radar of the current warning area in Arkansas.

http://beta.abc3340.com/externalwebsite.hrb?website=http://www.sr


h.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p19r0/si.kbmx.shtml

Here is the formal warning for ARKANSAS
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/us/tornado.html

and here is the current weather conditions in greenville Mississippi, which is in the direct path of this storm....71 °F ... Humidity: 78% Dew Point: 64 °F ..

Now lets compare that to BIrminghams current conditions:
65°in Birmingham
Humidity: 86%
Dew Point: 61°F

so , as you can se, we are not that different in terms of temperature and dewpoints... and actually our Dewpoint has been going up over the past hours... We are not out of the woods, so everyone keep out a close eye, and stay safe...Great Job ABC3340 Iknow yall will keep us updated....


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Posted by  
on December 3, 2005, 11:36 pm
Here is another view of the storms entering the state.

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS.p37cr/si.kgwx.shtml

and the current tornado watch area:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0889.html

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Posted by  
on December 4, 2005, 2:02 am
Damaging winds and constant lightning and hail...madison co

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