Severe T-Storm Warning (Cullman Again)

Basically the whole county this time. 

You don't necessarily have to take tornado-level precautions for these storms, but at least I'd stay inside, away from windows and electrical stuff. And if you've got trees around, it's better if you can be on the lower floor of a sturdy house instead of a mobile home, or say, up on the top floor of an apartment. And any smaller room like a hallway or a laundry room without windows is better, because we have had some trees fall on homes this evening. 

7:18 PM - This new warning is mainly for Blount County, once again included nearly the whole county. It also affects much of Northern Jefferson County, the Eastern sliver of Walker County, and extends over into St. Clair County in Central Alabama. 

Weather radio is reporting widespread trees down across Cullman County. 

7:21 - Amateur radio reports at Blountsville, a tree fell on a home off of Joy Road. 

So if you're in the path of these storms, the best place to be is a small interior room (no windows) on the lowest floor of a sturdy house. Mobile homes are less safe in general, plus trees often come all the way through them. In a site-built house, a lot of times those tighter walls like in a hallway or laundry room or closet or bathroom will keep a tree from coming all the way through. 

7:25 - As the guy from WAFF-48 (don't recognize his voice yet) notes, this turned into a busy evening. Numerous reports of tree and power line damage. And in some cases, the trees fell on homes. Before that, it was more of a large hail threat. I remember around Sardis City and Boaz, they had golfball-sized hail. 

7:29 - If there is a silver lining, these storms are moving along at a pretty good clip. So they won't hover over any one area for very long. That fast motion can enhance the winds though. 

7:31 - The storms in Cullman County are now down around Inland Lake, Springville, Hanceville, Arkadelphia, Black Bottom, Colony, Garden City, and Dodge City. Places like Holly Pond and Baileyton could also still be affected. 

7:33 - Hmmmmm, but it's actually just about out of Cullman County. I was just passing along the latest NWS Huntsville update above. 

7:35 - And emergency manager reports large trees down around Blountsville and Fowler Springs. 

Also across Oneonta. 

This event lived up to its potential more than I expected, I'll go ahead and admit. 

7:37 - Huntsville Utilities reporting nearly 12,000 customers without power. 

 Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

National Weather Service Huntsville AL

711 PM CDT Thu Apr 10 2025

The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

  Cullman County in north central Alabama...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 710 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hanceville,

  or near Cullman, moving southeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...

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

  Bottom, Baldwin, Crane Hill, and Garden City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.

&&

LAT...LON 3390 8710 3392 8708 3399 8715 3399 8711

      3421 8711 3431 8670 3431 8659 3423 8653

      3419 8655 3418 8655 3412 8660 3408 8670

      3405 8668 3406 8671 3403 8670 3395 8679

      3394 8688 3391 8692 3387 8692 3386 8696

TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 317DEG 53KT 3408 8680

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HC