This is the squall line.
2:30 AM - Marshall and Dekalb Counties remain under a severe thunderstorm warning too.
And you people probably don't even want to know about the Salem cat's antics during my half-baked sheltering measures tonight. He is such a lovable little nut. But yeah I'm blogging on battery power from a slightly safer spot in the house.
2:39 - There is another severe thunderstorm warning for Fayette County for 60 mph wind gusts and half-dollar-sized hail (1.25 inch in diameter). Folks in Walker County will want to watch the progress of that storm.
2:45 - Got a new Tornado Watch until 10 AM. But I can tell you, the threat will be over for Walker and Blount Counties well before that expiration time. Unless this thing throws us a huge curveball by just majorly slowing down again. Right now it's moving along . . . even if rather methodically.
2:49 - And it looks like the Tornado Watch for Cullman, Marshall, Dekalb and Jackson Counties is going to expire on time in about 10 minutes.
Though severe thunderstorms are still moving through these counties. But I mean this is the end of the squall line once these storms are past. So North Alabama is just about in the clear. Give it another 30 minutes or so at the most I'd say.
[2:50AM] ⚠️ We have extended the Tornado Watch for Cullman, Marshall, Dekalb, and Jackson counties until 5 AM. Have multiple ways to get warnings and remain weather aware. ⚠️ #HUNwx
— NWS Huntsville (@NWSHuntsville) April 6, 2025
2:51 - And actually, just got a note from NWS Huntsville that the watch for these counties I just mentioned is extended until 5 AM CDT. They are telling people to stay weather aware. So like I have said many times tonight I think, the weather lately has been humbling to try to forecast and keep up with. I'll be glad to finally wave this storm system goodbye. Even though it got far worse in places like Arkansas, West Tennessee, Kentucky . . . it really hasn't been too pleasant for any of us to have hanging around for several days.
2:55 - And here's a look at the radar. The squall line is moving through Southern and Eastern Cullman County now.
So the highest winds now are around Holly Pond, Hanceville, down to Dodge City.
3:03 AM - And at this point, this is the only warning we have left, the one for Cullman County until 3:30 AM CDT. After the squall line finishes moving through these North Alabama counties, our severe weather threat will be over not only for tonight but for about a week or so, it looks like. We'll have to watch for flash flooding through Sunday, and it could be windy, but no more worries about severe thunderstorms or tornadoes in North Alabama once this squall line gets clear of us.
3:06 - There is a strong thunderstorm moving through Walker, may clip Winston County that is capable of 40 mph wind gusts and small hail. And of course lightning and heavy rainfall. But this is under severe limits.
3:08 - And we're getting flooded with new Flash Flood Warnings, including Cullman, Walker, and Winston counties.
Here are the two most recent flood warnings.
3:11 - Okay, my weather radio just told me that the Tornado Watch has been allowed to expire for Cullman County. But earlier NWS Huntsville put on Twitter that it had been extended until 5 AM for Cullman, Marshall, Dekalb, and Jackson Counties. I'm thinking this is one of the side effects of having an automated "AI" voice on weather radio. Which they used to replace human voices like 20 years or more ago. I'm not so sure it was progress. Human minds can double-check these things. Robot voices have pronunciation issues more annoying than a strong southern accent and don't have the same self-awareness . . .
3:14 - This flash flooding in far Northwest Alabama was confirmed by SKYWARN spotters.
3:15 - Can confirm now that Marion, Lamar, Fayette, and Winston Counties are out of the Tornado Watch. Walker County is actually under that new one that tentatively goes for Central/South Alabama until 10 AM CDT.
3:18 - This severe thunderstorm warning for Cullman County has been cancelled about 10 minutes early.
And this is turning into a Flash Flood event for North Alabama up into Tennessee.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
ALC043-060830-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0061.250406T0726Z-250406T0830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
226 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Cullman County in north central Alabama...
* Until 330 AM CDT.
* At 225 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Cullman to near Curry, moving
east at 30 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...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for north central
and northeastern Alabama.
&&
LAT...LON 3389 8701 3390 8710 3392 8708 3399 8715
3399 8711 3431 8711 3431 8658 3422 8654
3419 8655 3412 8660 3408 8670 3405 8668
3406 8671 3403 8670 3395 8679 3394 8688
3391 8692 3387 8692 3386 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 276DEG 27KT 3425 8676 3399 8725
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
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