A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Pickens County until 2:15 AM. The storm, tracking out of Lowndes County, has decent rotation aloft and is being monitored closely for possible tornado development.
It will move northeast toward Ethelsville and Macedonia in Pickens County and to near Millport and Kennedy in Lamar County.
The warning has a tornado possible tag on it.
Folks in northern Pickens and southern Lamar need to monitor this storm carefully and make preliminary tornado precaution preparations.
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Severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Henagar to near Geraldine to near Strawberry, moving east at 20 mph.
Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
This dangerous storm will be near…Sylvania, Powell, and Rainsville around 205 AM CDT. Fort Payne around 210 AM CDT.
Dangerous storm coming out of Pickens County, but the radar data is messy and doesn’t seem to indicate that there is a tornado there.
severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Trenton to near Ider to near Pisgah, moving east at 50 mph.
Severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of Arab to near Moreland, moving east at 25 mph.
Folks from Macedonia to Ethelsville, all along US-82 then up to Liberty, Shaw, and Bethlehem need to be in tehir tornado safe spots now!
A severe storm with rotation aloft is moving into Pickens County, prompting a warning through 2:15 AM as we watch closely for potential tornado development.
The most dangerous storm is near New Hope in southern Madison County moving east southeast into Marshall County approaching Lake Guntersville.
Two rotations over eastern Mississippi and western Alabama have us concerned at this hour.
The severe threat will continue through the overnight hours and much of the day on Sunday for much of Alabama as the storms slowly shift southeastward ahead of a cold front.
The tornado watch continues until 3 am for parts of North and Central Alabama.
Storms are reintensifying over north Alabama and a powerful line of storms from Mississippi will bring a renewed threat of damaging winds and tornadoes through the early morning hours.
Severe storms capable of damaging winds and tornadoes will continue through the early morning hours. Remain alert and have multiple ways to receive warnings.
