Alabama’s severe weather threat increases: Heavy rain, damaging winds, tornadoes possible across state – AL.com
Severe storms will be possible in Alabama overnight. Damaging winds, tornadoes and heavy rain will all be possible until the line of storms moves out of the state.Storm Prediction CenterStrong to severe storms remain possible in Alabama overnight, and a tornado watch continued for parts of the state.The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings late Saturday and early Sunday, and more storms will be possible across south and east Alabama through the early morning hours.The National Weather Service has gotten multiple reports of downed trees, some of which have fallen on homes. As of 2 a.m. Sunday morning there were no reports of injuries.The weather service offices in both Huntsville and Birmingham were getting many reports of downed trees across their regions.Nearly 111,000 power outages were being reported in Alabama by Poweroutage.us as of 1:55 a.m.The weather service in Huntsville reported a wind gust of 75 mph at 12:20 a.m.The tornado watch will continue for parts of Alabama until 4 a.m. However, counties are being dropped from the watch as the line of storms passes.A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee until 4 AM CST pic.twitter.com/FMJrMyWbo9The watch has been extended for parts of central Alabama until 6 a.m.:BMX updates Tornado Watch (cancels 9 counties, extends time and expands area to include 7 counties, extends time of 23 counties) https://t.co/BKvnwayJsV pic.twitter.com/U01chYB3GHTornadoes, damaging winds and heavy rain will all be possible with a quick-moving line of storms through the overnight hours.Forecasters were particularly concerned about the threat for damaging straight-line winds, which could be near hurricane-force in some storms. Forecasters urge all Alabamians to have a reliable way of receiving severe weather warnings overnight. The line of storms will come through overnight, so please make sure you have a way to be woken up if a warning is issued for your area! Before bed, have those weather radios on & your cell phones charged. Know where your safe place is & have your emergency safety kit ready to go!The storms are expected to move out on Sunday, and colder and drier weather is expected on Sunday and Monday.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025).© 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us). The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local.Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site.YouTube’s privacy policy is available here and YouTube’s terms of service is available here.Ad Choices
