Saturday Afternoon Update---2 pm CST

Here is a quick update on what is going on now, but scan all the way down to the 9:20 a.m. briefing for a lot of exra information.

Big powerful thunderstorm moved north from the Pensacola area and is now curving NE across parts of South Alabama. Barn roof blown onto US-231 near Brundidge in Pike County. Marble to half-dollar sized hail covered the ground in that area.

Baseball-sized hail also reported earlier in Covington County. Large hail and high winds earlier at Opp in Coffee County blew the windshield out of two vehicles.

NEW TORNADO WATCH
It goes until 9:00 o'clock tonight CST. It covers parts of SE Louisiana, South Mississippi and about the southern 1/3 of Alabama. It includes the general area from Marengo, Dallas, Montgomery, Tallapoosa, and Chambers Counties southward to the Gulf Coast. It is classified as a PDS Watch, which means a Particularly Dangerous Situation. This is just a hint of what we are in for.

NORTH ALABAMA
Still quiet as a mouse at 2:00 p.m., but things will change. Moist air is spreading northward. Some more showers and storms were developing over South Alabama that will move northward. We may have some storms in this area before the afternoon is over. We still think our most dangerous time will be tonight and Sunday. We could even be under the gun as late as Sunday afternoon.

EASTER SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES
May be a dangerous time and every church should have a game plan on where to move church members in case a tornado threatens. First, they've got to get the warning and a weather radio is essential, but only if you have someone to monitor it.

Stay tuned as this dangerous weather situation continues to unfold.
Posted by Josh   www
on March 26, 2005, 2:00 pm
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on March 26, 2005, 2:05 pm
JB, please answer this question for me. We are having Sunrise service tommorrow at 0600, with a pancake breakfast following. Our church is trying to decide should we cancel the sunrise service and pancake breakfast or proceed with it because of the weather. Can you advise either way or not. I know you cannot tell us to cancel, but can you give a recommendation.

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Posted by Kim  
on March 26, 2005, 2:16 pm
Hey James or JB, im surley no pro, always had an interest and just starting to learn alot by everyone here, im tracking the storms down near troy one in dothan, there seams to be no certain path or pattern to these things that worries me. I guess you call these things front runners, but there all over the place in direction. What I am trying to say is one is moving ne and other little e n/e. is this unsettling to u guys too?

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Posted by Josh   www
on March 26, 2005, 2:16 pm
Posted by Josh   www
on March 26, 2005, 2:19 pm
This is the Hazardous Weather Outlook for central Alabama.
Click the WWW above^

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Posted by Downdraft  
on March 26, 2005, 2:23 pm
Thanks for the updates!!!!!!

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Posted by  
on March 26, 2005, 4:32 pm
I see the Pinpoint radar on the website is down again. It's stuck on 3-23-05, @21:39-(9:39pm)

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