Strong to severe storms continued to roll across parts of south Alabama on Tuesday morning as those farther north prepared to sift through storm damage.
The National Weather Service continued to monitor strong to severe storms that were affecting southeast Alabama, part of the line that rolled through the rest of the state on Monday and spawned several tornado warnings.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch that includes two Alabama counties: Houston and Henry. It will be in effect until 1 p.m. CST:
The National Weather Service collected multiple damage reports on Monday in north, central and southwest Alabama:
The Storm Prediction Center has collected multiple damage reports from Alabama from Monday and early Tuesday. The red dots are tornado reports and the blue dots wind damage.
Severe thunderstorms were still prompting warnings in far southeast Alabama, which has been under the gun through the overnight hours.
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Fla., which monitors that area, early this morning issued tornado warnings for Houston and Geneva counties (they have since expired) and several severe thunderstorm warnings.
No tornadoes have been confirmed yet in that area, but continued there as of 6:30 a.m.
Farther north, the weather service offices in both Huntsville and Birmingham said they will be sending out storm survey teams today to look at damage in several areas.
The surveyors will look at damage, determine if it was caused by a tornado, and then rate how strong that tornado was using the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
The weather service in Huntsville said it plans to survey at least three areas, including damage near Town Creek in Lawrence County, where two people were killed on Monday and several others injured.
The weather service in Birmingham said it will send out two survey teams to look at damage. The first will head to Sumter, Greene, Hale and Perry counties. The second will target Bibb, Shelby and Chilton counties. Marengo County damage will be surveyed as well.
The National Weather Service in Mobile said Tuesday morning it will look at storm damage in Choctaw County after a tornado-warned storm rolled through there last night.
Updates on the storm surveys will be released through the day today.
Storms are expected to push out of southeast Alabama later this morning, ending the severe threat, and cooler and drier air will filter into the state.
Highs today will range from the low 40s in north Alabama to the mid-60s in south Alabama:
Temperatures will fall through the day as cooler air moves across Alabama.
2019-12-17 14:32:00Z
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