Severe WX January 11, 2020 Severe Weather Reports and Nowcasts

[AL_ham_op]

Is Jefferson Co under a tornado warning or a severe thunderstorm warning? They keep flip-flopping.

 

[Mike S]

TOR for Cullman County

 

[warneagle]

Tornado warning for Cullman Co., including the city. Radar-indicated.

 

[Kory]

Power is out on Skyland Blvd in Tuscaloosa.

 

[Mike S]

 

[Kory]

This reminds me of the morning QLCS from 4/27.

 

[Jason Ledbetter]

Tornado watch just issued for Paulding co GA.

 

[Evan]

And to think we had people brushing off this event....

Yes, and although the event is far from over, I think we actually avoided some of the potential worse case scenarios thus far. Sadly we've already had 3 fatalities, and by no means am I minimizing those, but a bit more instability and a miniscule change of a couple of parameters and we'd probably be blanketed with tornado warnings right now.

This definitely hasn't been a Forecasted Convective Amplification Deficiency or low-end event. It should remind us all how quickly a system can cause fatalities here in Alabama. My power is flickering. Won't be shocked if I lose it for the evening.

 

[buckeye05]

Definite couplet moving through Graysville and Cardiff.

 

[Evan]

Definite couplet moving through Graysville and Cardiff.

Yep. That's the earlier warned area that sparked a tornado warning when it entered Jefferson County.

I think we're about to see the cells within the line start to rotate more consistently. Going to be a a long afternoon for the Eastern half of the state of Alabama. May see an increasing number of TOR warnings over the next several hours.

 

[The Bammer]

Couplet just passed over the house here on Smith Lake. Very strong winds with blinding rain. The event only lasted a few minutes but was extremely intense. Luckily no damage.

 

[akt1985]

Is that a wake low forming near Florence?

 

[Kory]

Lost a tremendous amount of respect for a couple seasoned TV meteorologists in Birmingham in the way they handled this event in the days leading up to it. Not going to name any names...

 

[Bama Ravens]

The formerly warned Jefferson County circulation came right over my house. Nothing down.

 

[akt1985]

New tornado watch includes Chattanooga and Atlanta.

 

[GA Stormchaser]

Current STP values from SPC Meso Analysis page.

 

[skelly]

This map helps picture hardest hit areas

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Current STP values from SPC Meso Analysis page. View attachment 2412

Line just getting to that bulls-eye of higher STP in south Alabama which I've been thinking would be a trouble spot since early Thursday.

 

[akt1985]

Severe thunderstorm warning for metro Huntsville until 2pm.

 

[Bama Ravens]

My max wind gust was about 40mph.