Tornado Warning Canceled

The Tornado Warning for Tuscaloosa and Pickens Counties has been canceled.

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather

Tornado Warning – Tuscaloosa & Pickens Counties – Until 6:00 p.m.

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
517 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 516 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF
SAMANTHA…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
SAMANTHA AND LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING BY 600 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE…SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather

Severe Weather Update

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We had a Tornado Warning for Pickens County earlier this afternoon. It lasted about 20 minutes. The National Weather Service says the public reported a funnel cloud 2 miles west of McShan at 4:42 p.m., but it never touched down.

No damage has been reported in West Alabama from any of the storms.

As I’m writing, there are Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for portions of Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Greene and Sumter Counties. They all wrap up by 5:45 this evening.  You can scroll down for details on each one.

Wes and I are here in the weather center watching things.

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Sumter County – Until 5:30 p.m.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
451 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…YORK…LIVINGSTON…CUBA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUBA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUBA BY 500 PM CDT…
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK BY 515 PM CDT…
BOYD BY 520 PM CDT…
LIVINGSTON…THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA…6 MILES WEST OF
BLUFFPORT AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EPES BY 530 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Greene & Sumter Counties – 5:45 p.m.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
459 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUTAW…
NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAINESVILLE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NEW WEST GREENE BY 510 PM CDT…
WEST GREENE BY 520 PM CDT…
UNION AND MANTUA BY 545 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES… INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 32 THROUGH 45.

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Pickens & Tuscaloosa Counties – 5:45 p.m.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
456 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…REFORM…GORDO…
WEST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 455 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REFORM…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
REFORM BY 505 PM CDT…
7 MILES NORTH OF GORDO BY 520 PM CDT…
7 MILES SOUTH OF ASHCRAFT CORNER BY 530 PM CDT…

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather

Tornado Warning Until 5 p.m. – Pickens County

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
439 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY…

AT 439 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCSHAN… OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARROLLTON… MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
MCSHAN BY 445 PM CDT…
OWENS BY 500 PM CDT…
REFORM BY 505 PM CDT…
NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT BY 510 PM CDT…
GORDO BY 515 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE… SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather

Severe T-Storm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VERNON…MILLPORT…NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…REFORM…PICKENSVILLE…GORDO…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD TO 14 MILES WEST OF ETHELSVILLE TO 9 MILES WEST OF PICKENSVILLE

..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR… PICKENSVILLE BY 425 PM CDT… BEDFORD AND ETHELSVILLE BY 440 PM CDT…LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT AND VERNON BY 450 PM CDT…REFORM AND MILLPORT BY 455 PM CDT…BLOOMING GROVE AND KENNEDY BY 500 PM CDT…

Weather Forecast Discussion Update 3:25 PM

We started off the day on a dry note however rain has now pushed into West Alabama. More rain will be possible through the rest of the afternoon and evening. This particular event won’t be one in which rain falls throughout the afternoon and night. Instead, we will have periodic downpours and they will be quite heavy in some locations. Thunderstorms will also be developing and we can’t rule out one or two strong to severe cells. Tonight the coverage of rain won’t be quite as broad with loss of daytime heating. We will have some patchy fog, with lows in the 70s. Tomorrow will be much like today with considerable cloudiness and areas of rain. A small scale disturbance aloft is drifting through the region and this is the culprit for the better rain chances.

By Thursday another impulse will be rounding the base of an upper air trough over the eastern U.S. This will bring another good chance for a thunderstorm by Thursday afternoon. Once again, we will have some dry periods over the next couple of days. In fact, many communities will have some sunshine breaking through the clouds over the next couple of days.

A surface front will be dropping into the Twin State region on Friday. This front will end up stalling to our north and we will maintain the threat for scattered storms and showers through the rest of the week. The moist-tropical air mass will remain in the area, setting the stage for hot and humid conditions for the first weekend of August.

The Dog Days of Summer: We’re entering the dog days of summer and we’re asking viewers to send in pictures of their dogs beating the heat. Last year we had so much fun with this and we want to do it again. We will begin showing pictures during our weather segments on Monday. Please send your pictures to: wxpics@wvuatv.com

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Wes Wyatt
Chief Meteorologist