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Update: Quarter-sized hail and damaging winds expected with thunderstorms to hit Fayette County Thursday
On Thursday at 7:44 p.m. an updated severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid until 8 p.m. for Fayette County. The storms could bring quarter-sized hail (1 inch) and wind gusts of up to 60 mph. "At 7:43 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located near Fayette,...
LIST: School delays in central Alabama for May 9
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Several schools across central Alabama announced they will be delayed Thursday due to possible severe weather. Severe storms re-develop across North Alabama early this morning and slide Southeast. These storms will be in an environment very supportive of damaging winds, large hail, and frequent lightning. A lull in the storms is […]
Remembering April 27 storm victims in north Alabama 13 years later
HACKLEBURG, Ala. (WIAT) — Saturday marks 13 years since a record of 62 tornadoes touched down across Alabama, resulting in the deaths of 250 people and leaving thousands injured. One of those tornadoes was an EF-5 that hit Hackleburg, a town in north Alabama’s Marion County. “It was just unbelievable. you didn’t even recognize the town […]
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