What a morning?  We were covered up with hail reports.  When you have a moment – you should checkout our hail pictures on myfoxal.com
Looks like our upper-level low will continue to rotate just to the north of us over the next 24 hours.  It’s possible higher elevations of the Tennessee Valley may even see a [...]

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Storms are getting stronger and tracking NE at 45mph   
Golfball sized hail was reported in Lamar County at 215  Dime sized hail reported 3 miles north of Hamilton around 210.  The threat is large hail and damaging wind gusts to 60mph.

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THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  
          WESTERN ALABAMA
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM CST.
  
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65
   MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
  
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM [...]

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Expect the rumble of thunder during the overnight hours if you live in Marion, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, or Sumter Counties.  The thunderstorms will likely produce frequent lightning, gusty winds, and hail.  Make sure you weather radios are on and functioning.  This line of storms will move across the state through Friday morning.  A few storms [...]

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Let’s get ready to rock and roll with one more round of strong/severe storms across much of the state.  This system will be a bit different.  It’s a fast mover and we don’t anticipate the flooding issues we had with the system Wednesday.  Expect a more traditional squall-line.  A line of thunderstorms entering the state [...]

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The 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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