TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI!!!

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Tornado Warning for Wilcox County in AL until 9:00 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

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Tornado Warning for Conecuh and Monroe Counties in AL until 9:00 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

MOBILE, Alabama-- Heavy storms, including a possible tornado, has caused significant damage in the area this morning, in particular, the region along I-65 between Springhill Avenue and Dauphin Street.


A line of severe storms moved through the area overnight, bringing damaging winds and some rain.


Authorities say Dauphin Street at I-65 is closed. Reports say there is debris in the roadway on Springhill Avenue, along with downed power lines. The BP gas station at Union Avenue and Springhill has been severely damaged. A car was flipped onto its top at Mercedes-Benz of Mobile on the I-65 service road.

There is also a report of a natural gas leak near Dauphin and Sage Avenue.


Authorities continue to assess reports of downed trees and power lines in Mobile and Baldwin counties from the line of strong thunderstorms that continues to move eastward through the area.

The Weather Channel reported that damage in Mobile appears to be concentrated in the area between I-65 and I-165. Trees are down in there, as well as unconfirmed reports of damage to cars.

There are also reports of power outages and damage in Prichard, including damage to a Regions Bank there.


A tornado warning was issued in Mobile at approximately 4:11 a.m. Thursday, and continued into the morning. Baldwin County was placed under tornado warning at about 5:45 a.m

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Tornado Warning for Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties in FL until 9:30 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

Tornado Warning for Escambia County in AL until 9:15am CST.

Tornado Warning for Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County in FL until 9:15am CST

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Tornado Warning for Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties in FL until 9:30 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

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Tornado Warning for Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties in FL until 9:15 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

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Tornado Warning for Escambia County in AL until 9:15 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

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Tornado Warning for Escambia County in AL until 9:30 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

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Tornado Warning for Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties in FL until 9:45 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

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Storm in Mobile peels roofs off buildings and topples trucks; unclear if there was a tornado, authorities say - @AP [link to www.fox10tv.com]

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Winds flipped cars like toys with the severe weather outbreak in the South. Photo collection: [link to www.accuweather.com]

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Tornado Warning for Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties in FL until 10:00 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

Cold air really beginning to wrap around the back side of the low. St. Louis @ 47 F, Columbia is currently at 33 F and snow. Look for this to continue to fill in. [link to radblast-aws.wunderground.com]

Wind is crazy here in west TN. 40 to 50 mph being reported.

Authorities say a powerful storm peeled the roofs from buildings, toppled some trucks and blew down Oak trees and limbs in the Mobile area, leading to some road closures.

Mobile County Emergency Management Agency Director Ronnie Adair tells The Associated Press that the storm struck around or shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday.

Adair said there are several buildings in the Mobile area with roof damage after high winds peeled them off buildings. He said there were no immediate reports of any major injuries.

Adair said that some parked vehicles such as delivery trucks were overturned.

He said it wasn't known whether the damage was caused by a tornado, and that would be assessed later during daylight hours.

A tornado watch, scheduled to be in effect until noon Thursday, covered 28 Alabama counties

Take care!!!

531. pcola5703:07 PM GMT em 20 de Dezembro de 2012

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Quoting Chapelhill:
The tornadic cells coming onshore around Pensicola are showing greater rotation with some well defined hook echo's. Hope everyone is in a safe spot.


I'm in p'cola and what I've seen so far is t'storms with lift coming off the gulf..that will make spinners very likely with the transition from water to land..
Probably been some water spouts but not certain yet..
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Tornado Warning for Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties in FL until 10:00 AM CST [link to wxug.us]

So far most of the tornadoes have been EF0 to EF1 range, but with the increase in low level instability you are seeing this morning, there could be a few stronger ones this afternoon.

UPDATES:
9:06 a.m. CST Thursday: Non-thunderstorm winds have downed utility lines near Bartlett, Tenn.

9:05 a.m. CST Thursday: A waterspout was observed just off of Long Beach, Miss.

9:00 a.m. CST Thursday: According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski, There were two lines of severe thunderstorms marching across Alabama and the north-central Gulf Coast area. A couple of the storms near the Gulf Coast were producing slight rotation signatures, but no tornadoes have been confirmed."
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