Special Weather Statement

This does include Cullman and Hanceville, up to Vinemont and Holly Pond and Baileyton, but this cluster of storms is expected to stay below severe limits. Also the warning earlier for Bremen and other Southern parts of the County was allowed to expire. 

10:59 - Emergency manager is reporting that about an hour ago, lighting started a fire in Garden City. It was on First Avenue, lightning struck a home there. 

11:01 PM - At this point all the thunderstorms locally have weakened below severe limits. The Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until Midnight. 

11:04 - Note from the National Weather Service in Huntsville. Most of these storms now are just going to produce some rain, lots of lightning, maybe some small hail, and some gusty winds below severe limits. The risk of any more storms becoming severe after all this rain-cooled air is very low. 

11:14 - And Coyote J. Calhoun is playing some great music as usual on WJLX 101.5 FM in Jasper. He played some King Crimson just a while ago. 

11:15 - Storms are staying well-behaved. 

11:18 - The severe thunderstorm watch lasts about another 40 minutes. 

11:20 - And another report of lightning striking a home, causing electrical damage. This was from 7:20 PM CDT in Lauderdale County on Wheaton Drive in Underwood.

11:29 - And a special weather statement for Wayne and Lawrence Counties in Tennessee. Winds could gust up to 40 mph and some pea-sized hail in this bunch of thunderstorms. 

11:43 - Got another damage report from 10:22 PM CDT, a power pole knocked down on County Road 25 in Colony. It was a newspaper report, and the NWS estimates the time based on radar. 

12:03 AM Monday - The watch has expired. Severe weather coverage is over for the night. 

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Huntsville AL

1052 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

ALZ007-016-240445-

Morgan AL-Cullman AL-

1052 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CULLMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN

COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 PM CDT...

At 1052 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over

Curry, or near Arley, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around

         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is

         possible.

Locations impacted include...

Phelan, Walter, Wilburn, Good Hope, Baileyton, Cullman, Black Bottom,

Baldwin, Crane Hill, and Garden City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3389 8701 3390 8710 3392 8708 3399 8715

      3399 8711 3415 8711 3437 8665 3419 8655

      3412 8660 3412 8663 3409 8668 3409 8669

      3405 8668 3406 8671 3403 8670 3395 8679

      3391 8692 3387 8693 3386 8699

TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 242DEG 44KT 3399 8720

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN

MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

JMS

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Huntsville AL

1022 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

ALZ006-009-TNZ097-240400-

Madison AL-Jackson AL-Franklin TN-

1022 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHERN

MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM CDT...

At 1021 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near

University Of Alabama In Huntsville, or near Huntsville, moving east

at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around

         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is

         possible.

Locations impacted include...

Madison, Huntsville, Jericho, Larkin, Bridgeport, Francisco, Ryland,

Bass, Maysville, and Princeton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for

north central Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3489 8566 3469 8675 3481 8679 3517 8587

      3499 8586 3499 8571

TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 249DEG 44KT 3478 8666

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN

MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

JMS

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Birmingham AL

1041 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

ALZ012-013-022-240445-

Fayette AL-Pickens AL-Lamar AL-

1041 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN PICKENS...SOUTHWESTERN

FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 PM CDT...

At 1041 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along

a line extending from near Caledonia to Longview. Movement was east

at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around

         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...

Ashcraft Corner, Stone Wall, Ethelsville, Millport, McShan, Fayette

County Public Lake, Shaw, Kennedy, Star, Forest, Macedonia, Melborne,

Belk, Reform, Pickensville, and Fayette.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for

west central Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3369 8826 3366 8764 3352 8783 3352 8784

      3351 8784 3323 8822 3325 8831

TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 272DEG 31KT 3365 8834 3342 8893

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

87/Grantham