Alabama Current Watches and WarningsThe focus will be on East Alabama tomorrow with a risk of strong to severe storms. The primary threats will be hail and damaging winds. We’ll keep you updated.
James-Paul Dice
Fox 6 Chief Meteorologist
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The NWS in Birmingham, in coordination with the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK, has decided to drop all Alabama counties from the existing Tornado Watch. There are numerous storms to our west in MS, however, so those will need to be monitored as we head towards morning.
Jason Kelley
Fox6 Meteorologist
jkelley@wbrc.com
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One of the worst hit parts of the Fox 6 viewing area has been Shelby Co. Rain gauge measurements have ranged in the 4-8″ category. At the Shelby County airport, 5″ of rainfall has been recorded. NEXRAD estimates from KBMX indicate totals in excess of 6″ around Pelham and Chelsea.
James-Paul Dice
Fox 6 Chief Meteorologist
james.dice@wbrc.com
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Removes counties in AL basically east of I-65…
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF [...]
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Rainfall has been extensive across central and south Alabama in the last 24-36 hours and there’s much more rain on the way. In fact some areas could easily add 1-3 more inches on top of what we’ve had already. Here are a few reports from our WSFA Weather Watchers as of 5:30 pm:
Wetumpka 1.77
Selma 2.00
Alex [...]
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THREAT OF SEVERE HAIL AND ISOLD TORNADOES CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS
OF MS/AL. A WW MAY BE NEEDED WEST OF THE CURRENT WATCH AS CONVECTION
GRADUALLY DEVELOPS UPSTREAM.
AS OF 23Z…A BAROCLINIC ZONE EXISTS FROM SERN AL NEAR DOTHAN WNWWD
INTO MERIDIAN MS…THEN THROUGH GREENWOOD MS. AN INCREASE IN
CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS STRONGER
FORCING…NOTED ON WV [...]
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We are getting numerous reports of serious flooding situations in the area, mostly centered in Talladega and Shelby Co’s. Roads are reported to be impassable in Talladega itself, water is covering several roadways in northern Shelby Co between Pelham and Chelsea. A water rescue, at last report, was underway in Helena with a [...]
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
105 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
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