A possible tornado caused damage late Monday north of the city of Birmingham.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has tornado warnings for Jefferson and St. Clair counties canceled from 11:30 p.m., as storms continue to sweep across parts of the state.
Some storms were still strong. A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Calhoun, Cleburne and Cherokee and is effective until 12:45 p.m.
From 12:18 the storm was near Pleasant Gap, or near Piedmont, and was moving east at 45 km / h.
According to the weather service, it is a radar-indicated tornado.
This storm is the same as that which caused significant damage in parts of Jefferson County.
According to reports to the National Weather Service in Birmingham, damage was reported east of Interstate 65 in northern Jefferson County. There are also reports of damage in the Fultondale area north of Birmingham.
Then there’s the tornado clock. The Storm Prediction Center said the tornado watch covers parts of northern and central Alabama and will be in effect until 1 p.m.
The clock was extended to the east late Monday and now contains several provinces:
However, some counties in northern Alabama were dropped from the clock from midnight.
Forecasters said some tornadoes would be possible, as well as scattered gusts of up to 70 km / h. Greetings up to 1.5 inches will also be possible.
The National Weather Service has encouraged Alabamians to receive overnight weather warnings:
The Alabama provinces in the tornado clock are: Bibb, Blount, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Marshall, Pickens, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Walker.
The counties that have fallen off the clock since midnight are Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Winston.
The threat of severe weather is not over yet:
The Storm Forecast Center continues to highlight a risk of severe weather tonight in Alabama. This is the update from just before 7pm:
The Storm Forecast Center has upgraded and expanded the low risk area for severe weather for Northern and Central Alabama. A small risk means that scattered severe storms will be possible.
The areas in yellow have a low risk, which is level 2 out of 5 and that scattered severe storms will be possible. The low-risk area has been expanded eastwards and southwards in the latest update.
Parts of central and southwestern Alabama have a marginal risk, meaning isolated severe storms will be possible.
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