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I’d hardly hit the post button when I got an email with the statement below from the National Hurricane Center upgrading TD 2 to Tropical Storm Barry. A full advisory will be out at 4 pm, but Barry is only about 75 miles east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico. Based on the current forward motion, the center of Barry should move ashore in about 8 hours.

-Brian-

WTNT62 KNHC 191844
TCUAT2

TROPICAL STORM BARRY TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022013
145 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

…SECOND TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO…

DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO HAS STRENGTHENED…AND IS NOW TROPICAL
STORM BARRY…THE SECOND TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2013 HURRICANE
SEASON. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN THE NEXT REGULAR ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.

SUMMARY OF 145 PM CDT…1845 UTC…INFORMATION
————————————————–
LOCATION…19.6N 95.1W
ABOUT 75 MI…115 KM ENE OF VERACRUZ MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…40 MPH…65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR 280 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…16 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1005 MB…29.68 INCHES

$$

Central Alabama…

The diffuse boundary that has been the focus for showers and thunderstorms for the last several days has shifted a bit further south, so the forecast of shower-free weather for Central Alabama appears to be on track. Temperatures were well into the middle 80s thanks to a plenty of sunshine. Some cumulus clouds had formed, but those are expected to dissipate shortly after sunset this evening. The really good news was that dew points had fallen to the upper 50s in the Tennessee Valley and into the middle 60s in Central Alabama. This is not much of a change, but it is just enough to make it feel a tad less hot outside.

Southeast US Weather Observations

Radar showed a band of showers mainly across South Alabama from roughly Eufaula on the Georgia line to Chatom on the Mississippi line and from Montgomery southward. Not quite as many showers in the Florida Panhandle as I thought we might see.

Tropics…

Still watching TD 2 in the Bay of Campeche. Satellite imagery showed a nice flare up of convection just offshore close to where the center of the depression should be. A reconnaissance aircraft was to investigate the area and should be in that vicinity now. So far, though, I have not seen any reconnaissance reports as to what kind of wind speed they may have found. The depression continued to move westward and will move back over the coastline early Thursday. It’s going to be close as to whether it will achieve tropical storm status before reaching the coast.

TD 2 Wed at 1 pm

-Brian-

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The weather pattern that has seen numerous showers and thunderstorms occurring across the Southeast US has changed just slightly to bring Central Alabama a drier day today with showers expected to be in South Alabama and with some slightly drier air filtering into the region from the north. But because of the widespread rain for the last two days, soil moisture is high and we have fog around the area this morning prompting a dense fog advisory. The fog should burn off by 9 am or so clearing the way for a fairly sunny day with highs in the upper 80s.

A small trough over the Southeast US has sharpened just enough to help push the boundary that has been the focus for showers and thunderstorms for the last two days further south. This means that South Alabama and the coastal sections of Alabama and Northwest Florida will see widespread and numerous showers and thunderstorms today. A large cluster of thunderstorms was moving through the Montgomery-Troy area this morning.

The trough over the Southeast US will keep us dry today and Thursday, however, the trough will gradually be replaced with an upper ridge come Friday and into the weekend. This allows limited moisture to return, so we should see daily scattered showers for Friday and into the weekend. The ridge becomes very strong by Monday, however, the GFS is now suggesting that a strong short wave moving through South Central Canada on Tuesday and Wednesday will flatten the ridge. While the greatest dynamics will remain north of us as we stay with daily chance for showers, the dampening of the ridge should help to limit the heat for us with highs mainly in the lower 90s.

The GFS has done a complete flip on what is going to happen as we peek into week two or voodoo country. Instead of a huge ridge over the eastern half of the country for the end of June as we have been seeing for the last several days, there is now a trough over the eastern third of the US. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I like the looks of the pattern because it would definitely keep the heat in check. Confidence that this will happen, however, is quite low since we’re seeing the GFS change the solution on a daily basis. The GFS maintains more of a troughiness across the eastern US even into early July. I sure hope this is right.

Severe weather threat for the next three days is focused in the North Central US as the westerlies are well north of us. And in the tropics, TD 2 is bound and determined to make it to tropical storm strength. The center of the circulation did emerge into the Southwest Gulf late yesterday, and with a fairly significant reduction in shear expected today, it is probable that strengthening will occur. The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center has it achieving tropical storm strength later today and maintaining that for several hours before it moves back onto the Mexican coast tonight.

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Enjoy the day. The next Weather Xtreme Video will be posted Thursday morning. Godspeed.

-Brian-

A few showers and thunderstorms may be possible during the overnight hours until the frontal boundary passes your location. At last check, the front was along the Interstate 20 corridor and was continuing to push south. The more intense showers and thunderstorms were down towards the Gulf Coast.

With saturated grounds, clearing skies, and a bit of cool air advection, we could see some fog develop in areas during the overnight hours. It could become dense in areas but should mix out early tomorrow once the sun rises and begins to heat up the boundary layer. A much brighter and drier day is on tap for Wednesday across Alabama.

A quick look at the radar this evening continues to show showers and storms dropping south. There is a band of showers that have developed along the front itself and are making their way into Walker, Blount and Etowah Counties and will continue a southward motion the rest of the evening. More intense and organized activity is off to the south of Birmingham around Clanton and Rockford. The most intense storms across the state are south of the Montgomery area near Troy, Union Springs and Clayton. The showers and storms this evening are expected to stay below severe limits.

The cold front has made its way into north Alabama and is slowly dropping south as well. At last look, the front was analyzed from Chattanooga down to Gadsden over to around Cullman and west to Columbus, Mississippi. Areas across the Tennessee Valley are seeing sunshine this evening and north winds are bringing in drier air to that part of the state. Temperatures will not be cooler behind the front but dew points will certainly be lower over the next few days. Lower dew points will make afternoon highs not so uncomfortable as less humid conditions will occur.  Dew points are dropping across North Alabama and that drier air is heading into Central Alabama overnight. The satellite image shows that areas behind the front are clearing out, but ahead of the front there are higher cloud tops associated with the shower and thunderstorm activity in central and south Alabama.We will finally see mostly sunny and dry conditions tomorrow as the front will be well south of the Birmingham Metro.

Showers and storms continue to develop and intensify some over central Alabama this afternoon. No storms are currently severe, but several of them are strong, producing gusty winds, intense rain and frequent lightning.

Several bands of convective activity have developed and continue to push east-southeast ahead of the front boundary that will be bringing drier air into the state the next few days. Until it clears the area, showers and storms will continue to affect many areas.

Some of the more intense activity is in Marengo County as well as just south of Interstate 20 east of Birmingham affecting areas around Talladega, Clay and Cleburne Counties.  Back to the west of Birmingham, a pretty descent thunderstorm was across northeastern Tuscaloosa County near Brookwood and Vance as well as eastern Pickens County near Gordo.

The back edge of the rain appears to be making it to certain areas. A line from Sulligent, Jasper,  Cullman, Oneonta, Gadsden and Centre and points to the north and west are seeing much less activity and appear to be finally getting a chance to dry out.

Showers have continued to develop during the morning hours across Central Alabama. This activity is developing out ahead of frontal boundary that is across the Tennessee Valley and continues to drop south across the state. Luckily, most of the activity is just showers with only a  few reports of thunder so far today. That could change heading through out the afternoon as daytime heating could lead to greater instability across the state. Storms should remain below severe limits, but it is possible to get an isolated severe storm today that could produce some hail and damaging winds.

Currently, the most intense showers stretch from eastern Jefferson County back to the west to Walker, Fayette, and Lamar Counties. The band of showers will continue to move east-southeast over the next few hours. The showers are producing very intense rain. Also a band of showers in the Tennessee Valley along the frontal boundary itself and storms down towards the Interstate 85 corridor.

For the rest of the afternoon, the very warm, muggy and soupy air mass will still allow for additional showers and thunderstorms to develop. All activity will be makings its way southeastwards ahead of the frontal boundary. Behind the frontal boundary conditions will improve later this evening and tonight and it looks as though most everyone will get a chance to dry out the next few days.

Heavy rain continued to fall over portions of the Yucatan Peninsula, extreme southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. As the satellite image below shows, the cloud mass that looked more organized just yesterday has degenerated a good deal as it interacts with the land.

Satellite view of TD 2

Sometimes as these systems move northwesterly, they can regenerate as they move out over the warm water of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. But as you can see from the projected tracks of numerous models in the graphic below, it appears that what is left of the center of circulation will just barely move over the Gulf waters, so it seems unlikely that TD 2 will develop into anything more.

TD 2 Projected Track

So for 2013, we’ve had one tropical storm and a depression. But the tropical season is young extending all the way to November 30th.

-Brian-

A quick look around the region shows showers and thunderstorms are once again impacting the state today.  Some of the more intense showers are in Sumter, Tallapoosa and Chambers Counties. Most of this activity continues to slide off to the east this morning.

The last few radar scans are now showing additional showers and thunderstorms developing from near Chattanooga, southwest across the Tennessee Valley into northern Mississippi. This activity will continue to develop through out the morning and will be impacting central Alabama. The rest of today should be very similar to what we saw Monday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be strong. We may even see a few briefly isolated severe storms that could be capable of producing damaging winds and some hail. All storms today will have intense rainfall, frequent lightning and gusty winds. Conditions across the state will finally begin to improve later this evening and into the overnight hours as a frontal boundary will push off to our south.

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Many people in Central Alabama got a nice wet down from numerous thunderstorms yesterday. The pattern is changing very slowly, so it looks likely that we will see another round of numerous thunderstorms today. A few of the thunderstorms verged on marginally severe conditions resulting in a number of warnings. Most of the storm reports that I saw were relatively minor with trees down here and there and damage from wind to a few roofs.

The upper trough is expected to sharpen just a tad today as it slowly moves by. This should be enough to force the boundary that has been lingering in and just north of Central Alabama further to the south. We are likely to see another round of numerous thunderstorms today. While we may see a few storms once again reach marginally severe criteria, the atmosphere has been worked over a good deal, so the potential for severe weather should be less today than yesterday.

The tropics heated up yesterday with the development of a tropical depression in the western Caribbean. That depression has moved onto land and has weakened considerably but it is still responsible for tremendous rainfall and flooding that comes with that. The track of the depression suggests that it will not emerge into the Southwest Gulf, so the likelihood of any further strengthening of this system is quite small.

Upslope flow will keep the front range of the Rockies active once again today with the potential for severe thunderstorms. The Ohio Valley could also see some severe storms thanks to a combination of afternoon heating and the upper trough swinging through that area. The best severe weather risk shifts northward on Day 2 and 3 as an upper ridge builds from the Lower Mississippi River Valley into the eastern Great Lakes.

While the boundary in our area shifts southward, don’t look for a big change to the air mass. About all we can expect is slightly drier air, and by that, I mean dew points dropping from the lower 70s to the lower and middle 60s. But that is likely to be enough to make Wednesday and Thursday shower free around Central Alabama as the upper trough shifts to the Southeast US coast with the strengthening of the ridge from Texas into Iowa. With more sun, though, look for the highs to climb quickly back to 90 degrees.

Friday through Sunday, the upper ridge should be the main player in the upper air pattern. This means that we will return to those daily showers and thunderstorms primarily during the heating of the afternoon. Next Monday and Tuesday, the GFS is suggesting a flattening to the upper ridge with weak disturbances propagating through the flow. For now, the forecast will stick with just daily chances of rain until we see if that weak feature will have much impact on shower development.

Long range look has flipped yet again. Yesterday the GFS had a substantial trough developing for early July over the eastern half of the country. The latest run has done away with that in favor of keeping the ridge well established over the eastern two thirds of the US. I liked the pattern the GFS showed yesterday because it would keep the heat in check. The latest run looks hot! Let’s hope it flips again tomorrow.

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I had a wonderful time yesterday speaking to a group of folks from Alabama Power at their meeting at Regions Field. I had not been to the new ball park, and it is certainly very nice. With James on vacation, we are on a one a day schedule for the Weather Xtreme Videos this week. Next edition should be here by 7 or 7:30 on Wednesday morning. And if you have a big interest in the weather, don’t forget that the Central Alabama Chapter of the National Weather Association will be holding it’s quarterly meeting on Thursday evening at the BJCC. Read all about it here. Godspeed.

-Brian-

WeatherBrains Episode 386 is now online (June 17, 2013). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Our Guest WeatherBrain for this episode is Bill Read, former director of the National Hurricane Center and the KPRC Local 2 Hurricane Expert.

In spite of over 40 years living on the Gulf or Florida coasts, the strongest winds he personally experienced was 1954’s Hurricane Hazel as it passed through Delaware, where he grew up. Hazel and the big Nor’easters that happen on the east coast spurred Bill to pursue an education in the science of weather. After earning a BS in Meteorology from Texas A&M in 1971, Bill served in the U.S. Navy, where once again he came face to face with hurricanes – flying into the storms with the Navy Hurricane Hunters out of Jacksonville, Fla. After four years in the Navy, Bill attended graduate school, earning the MS in Meteorology at A&M in 1976.

Bill then pursued a 35-year career with the National Weather Service, starting out forecasting weather in San Antonio and Fort Worth before making the leap into management. Bill’s longest tenure was right here in the Houston area, where he was in charge of the National Weather Service Forecast Office located in League City for over 15 years. In addition to the tornadoes, floods and tropical storms, we saw a lot of changes during that 15 year period, from Doppler radar to the Internet. In 2007, he was given the awesome opportunity to serve at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, and became director of the center in January 2008, retiring there in June 2012.

While he worked over 130 tropical storms during his NWS career, Bill says a few will always stand out as most memorable. Folks here in Houston can relate to Allison, Rita and Ike. Bill adds Katrina, when he was assigned to the Hurricane Center to assist in the warning process; Allen (1980), Claudette (1979) and Amelia (1978). While at the National Hurricane Center, he had the opportunity to personally brief President George W. Bush during Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and President Barack Obama during Hurricane Irene.

Bill serves on the Texas A&M College of Geosciences Dean’s Advisory Council and as a Leadership Partner with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH). He is also involved with professional societies, having served as president of the National Weather Association in 2003 and as councilor with the American Meteorological Society. He was elected fellow by the Society in 2011. Among the many awards he has received, a Special Award for Public Education from the National Hurricane Conference fits Bill’s passion the best.

Bill has been married to his wife, Donna, since 1976 and they have a son, Jonathan, who also calls the Houston area home.

Also joining us as Guest Panelist is Matt Ernst from Lubbock, TX. Matt has been on the show a number of times, and it is always nice to have his West Texas perspective on things. He is the morning meteorologist for FOX 34 in Lubbock, TX. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and holds his certificate in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University.

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• Extremes: 116 in Death Valley, CA, plus numerous other 100 degree readings
• Slight risk for much of Southeast US for next day
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JB Elliott – Guide to Alabama Weather

Matt Ernst – Statement on tornado sirens

Bill Murray – Central Alabama NWA Chapter

Bill Read – Tropical Atlantic Headquarters

Tony Rice – Super Moon

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James Spann – No Pick

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Bill Murray, and Kevin Selle. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

As expected, showers and storms have increased early this morning across Central Alabama.

Just before 2 a.m., they are heavy in the Birmingham Metro area, extending across much of Jefferson County over western St. Clair, eastern Blount and into western Etowah County.

They are not severe and are not expected to become severe. But they have a good amount of lightning and loud shaking thunder, as well as very heavy rain. 0.54 inches fell in 30 minutes at the Birmingham Airport between 1:13 and 1:43 a.m. and it was still raining heavily.

Other showers were forming over Lamar, Fayette and Marion Counties as well as over Greene and Tuscaloosa Counties. The activity is ahead of a surface low near Memphis and a cold front that trails back to near Dallas. This front will make its way into Alabama later today and push south of Birmingham by this evening. This will allow drier air to spread into the state and will give us drier weather for Wednesday and beyond. But there will be additional showers and storms through the early morning hours and likely another round during the day just ahead of the front.

Things have calmed down over Alabama the last few hours, but we are expecting more showers and thunderstorms to develop during the overnight hours. A very warm, soupy air mass is in place. A lifting mechanism off to our northwest in the form of a trough and shortwaves will continue the thunderstorm threat during the overnight hours. Not expecting any severe weather, but some storms will be strong and will be producing frequent lightning and intense rain. Some gusty winds and hail could be possible as well.

Strong storms are currently over northern Mississippi and western Tennessee and are lifting towards the northeast. These storms are not expected to impact our counties, but we are watching for development down into central Mississippi and Arkansas the next few hours. That activity will be heading to the east and certainly could impact Central Alabama during the early morning hours.

Things have calmed considerably this evening across Alabama.

A large mass of might to moderate rain covered much of Blount and Cullman Counties, with heavier rain into Marshall County.

Rain was exiting southeastern Cleburne and Randolph Counties, heading into Georgia.

Over the Northwest corner of the state, rain was falling over much of marion county, with thunderstorms over Colbert and Franklin Counties.

Everything was moving to the northeast.

Another upper level disturbance was over Louisiana and Arkansas. A surface low was over northern Arkansas with a cold front trailing into eastern Texas. Regional radars in that area were pretty quiet, but additional storms are expected to form to our west and move into Alabama later tonight. Rain chances are high through the early morning hours.

There will probably be a break at some point in the morning and then more rain and storms will form ahead of the cold front at it pushes into Alabama during the day. Current thinking is that the fornt will sink to near I-20 by sunset and put into South Central Alabama overnight. This will allow for drier air to move in for Wednesday and Thursday, putting an end to our current wet weather spell.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
CRYSTAL LAKE TO ROANOKE TO POST OAK FORKS TO DENSON…AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
VEASEY CREEK PARK…AMITY PARK…ROCKY POINT AND BIG SPRINGS.

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

UPDATE: Spotty damage reports coming in from Clay County. Public reports of a tree down on power lines on Blakes Ferry Road. Use extreme caution if you are out and about, as there could be more trees and power lines down as well as some flooded roadways.

A severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging winds is impacting Clay County. This included the cities of Miilerville, Ashland and Lineville as well Highways 9, 77, 49 and 7. Along with damaging winds, hail, intense rain and dangerous lightning will accompany this storm as it tracks east across the county.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 455 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKDALE…OR 6 MILES NORTH OF
GOODWATER…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ASHLAND…LINEVILLE…BARFIELD…ROSELLE…CLEVELAND CROSSROADS…
MILLERVILLE…SPRINGHILL AND MELLOW VALLEY.

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

This afternoon numerous strong thunderstorms have been developing across Alabama. Most of these storms are not severe, but we are seeing a few severe storms. Main threat with these storms continues to be a damaging wind event. This cluster of severe storms will be impacting Highways 82 and 43 in west Alabama. Watch out in and around the cities of Reform, Millport, Fayette and Berry as damaging winds are likely to occur with these storms. There is also a threat for hail; dangerous lightning and intense rain are being reported with all storms today.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REFORM…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILLPORT…FAYETTE…KENNEDY…ASHCRAFT CORNER…BELK…BLOOMING
GROVE…BANKSTON AND BERRY.

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

It continues to be a very active weather day across Alabama. The warm unstable air mass is providing ample fuel for showers and thunderstorms across the state today. Strong storms persist this afternoon and we have even had a few severe storms across some of our southern counties. Wind damage has been reported in portions of Hale and Dallas Counties this afternoon.

Currently no storms are severe, but they are strong producing frequent lightning, very intense rainfall and gusty winds. They could reach severe limits are anytime. There are several areas seeing these strong storms including portions of Jefferson County around the Bessemer area. This storm will be moving towards downtown Birmingham shortly. Other intense storms are across West Alabama, impacting Pickens, Fayette, and Lamar Counties. To the south areas along Interstate 65 from Clanton to Montgomery and on the eastern side of the state through Talladega and Cherokee Counties. This activity will last into the evening and overnight hours.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF SELMONT-WEST SELMONT TO
7 MILES SOUTH OF GORDONVILLE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
VALLEY GRANDE…MOSSES…HAYNEVILLE…PRATTVILLE…TYLER…
GORDONVILLE…BURNSVILLE AND BEECHWOOD.

THIS INCLUDES…
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 186 THROUGH 193…

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A line of severe storms is moving though Dallas and Perry Counties. These storms are capable of producing large hail and damaging winds. Very intense rain and frequent lightning are occurring as well. These storms will be impacting areas along Highway 5 and Highway 80 including the city of Selma.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 249 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
VAIDEN TO MARION JUNCTION TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIVE POINTS…AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SELMA…SELMONT-WEST SELMONT…ORRVILLE…FIVE POINTS…POTTER
STATION…OLD CAHABA PARK…DALLAS COUNTY HORSE ARENA AND MEMORIAL
STADIUM.

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.