A tornado watch is now in effect for portions of Oklahoma and Texas until 8pm Central time this evening.  Looks as if the main threats from these storms will be wind and hail, but an isolated tornado will be possible as low level shear increases this afternoon into the evening hours.  We will continue to monitor the threats and will update you if any of our teams end up hitting the field in this region.

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE…TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT TRIES TO WORK
THROUGH THE AREA. THERE ARE STILL SOME TIMING AND STRENGTH
ISSUES…BUT CHANCES ARE INCREASING FOR THE CHANCE AT SEEING
DAMAGING WINDS…HAIL…AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND. STAY
TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

Severe Storms have become a common occurence across portions of Alabama over the last week or so with several MCS systems coming through the area every other day or so.  Today a slight risk of severe weather was posted for much of the Southeast/Ozarks…but reports were lacking a bit. Some wind damage came in from areas like Lamar/Sumter/Hale counties across the west….as well as the Tennessee Valley counties.  Most of the damage was minor being in the form of trees and power lines.  Since we are down on the Gulf Coast…..we did note the storm near DeFuniak Springs, Florida overturned some RVs and destoryed some vehicles with trees this afternoon.  Lots of wind/lightning in these intense summer time storms.

More MCS activity can be expected as long as the northwest flow maintains.  This looks to continue across the region for the next few days.  We will have a look at the latest model data and update you on the forecast and expected conditions.  Updates later…

Most of the active storms this afternoon are over East Mississippi and far west/south Alabama where a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until later this evening.  Several reports of wind and hail have already been received.  No major damage, but another day of the pulse severe storms in the south.  More storms are forming over portions of eastern Tuscaloosa, central Winston, and northern Cullman counties with some heavy rain and lightning involved.  Any storms will have deadly lightning potential yet again this afternoon.  Most storms will sag SSE at around 15-20 mph.  Some additional development is possible.

Showing hail here on our in house radar.  This cell is moving toward the ESE and will affect areas like Goldville and New Site soon.  Isolated large hail to quarter size and damaging wind gusts are possible.  Again, lightning and heavy rain are the main threats from these storms today.

Tornado warnings are being required across portions of PA this afternoon due to some rotating thunderstorms across the region.  Just wanted to post this to emphasize these warnings are nothing like the situations we have dealt with or even the storms the northeast dealt with just two weeks ago.  An isolated, spin up tornado is possible though.

A few warnings have been required like the one that is about to expire for Talladega County  Some hail and high winds can be expected with the heavy rain and dangerous lightning.  More if damage occurs…

Second video of the structure….

More videos to come of the incredible month of April and May that we had….

Insane footage taken today by a TV tower cam of the Springfield, Massachusetts tornado as it developed and raked across the river into town.  Some fatalities have been reported and major damage has also been confirmed.  Couplets like this don’t go without doing some kind of damage….