More SUNSHINE is the story on this Sunday! High temperatures will peak near 80° across the region. Enjoy the day! ☀️
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 26, 2020
More SUNSHINE is the story on this Sunday! High temperatures will peak near 80° across the region. Enjoy the day! ☀️
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 26, 2020
Damage survey results found one EF-1 tornado in the community of Wright in Okaloosa county FL, with EF-0 damage in the Ocean City section of north Ft. Walton Beach. Two brief EF-0 tornado tracks were found in southern Covington county AL. Details in the link below. #alwx #flwx https://t.co/pSA7CQIrDd
— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) April 25, 2020
— Terrible Maps (@TerribleMaps) August 7, 2019
It is a gorgeous, I’m talking GORGEOUS, day across south Alabama and northwest Florida. Temps in the low-80s. Can’t beat it! Get out and enjoy it. ?
More sunshine on Sunday! Ya boy is having a nice, quiet few days after weeks of severe weather. pic.twitter.com/fIVLSHRk7u
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 25, 2020
In addition to widespread damaging winds across the area, NWS Mobile has confirmed that two EF0-ranked tornadoes happened in southern Covington County on Thursday morning. One near Wing/Faldo, the other near Florala.
No injuries or fatalities! pic.twitter.com/e5wuYXI9Ca
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 25, 2020
Sunrise Atmore,Al @spann @NWSMobile @rzweather @StormHour @ThomasGeboyWX @michaelwhitewx @WEARKDaniel @AlanSealls @thisisalabama #alwx #sunrise pic.twitter.com/36w96UgyGq
— Ditto Gorme (@sandtrapper) April 25, 2020
Full sunshine is expected across south Alabama and northwest Florida on this Saturday! ☀️ High temperatures will peak in the low- to mid-80s. Enjoy our quiet weather day! More sunshine on Sunday!
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 25, 2020
Thank you to Huxford Elementary School for promoting our tornado safety message over the last few days! GREAT JOB to all of the students! pic.twitter.com/NUlKiCuvTk
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 25, 2020
The NWS Mobile will be conducting damage surveys today from Thursday's severe storms. Statements on assessments/findings will be posted as soon as possible upon completion.
— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) April 24, 2020
To the centipedes, spiders, stink bugs. LEAVE ME ALONE.
I am not a bug person. Am I scared of tornadoes or hurricanes? No.
Am I scared of daddy long legs? Yes.
I have no shame admitting this.
— Alex Cordero (@AlexCorderoWX) April 24, 2020
Nice, quiet weather weekend is on tap. High temperatures will be in the 80s with morning lows in the 50s. Plenty of sunshine through Sunday and Monday! ☀️
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 24, 2020
Patchy dense fog will continue to be possible over the next 2 hours. Mainly sunny skies are likely on this Friday. High temperatures will peak in the low-80s today. Enjoy your weekend! ?
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 24, 2020
Can’t remember the last time I fell asleep before 11PM. It’s been months, if not years. After being up for 36 hours straight due to severe weather coverage, finally time for sleep.
Hope everyone will sleep a bit easier tonight due to no severe weather in the forecast locally! ?
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 24, 2020
After the storm Atmore,Al @spann @NWSMobile @rzweather @StormHour @ThomasGeboyWX @michaelwhitewx @WEARKDaniel @AlanSealls #alwx #sunset pic.twitter.com/oV6FvboMsC
— Ditto Gorme (@sandtrapper) April 24, 2020
Nice sunset to end a stormy day on the Gulf Coast. @WEARAllenStrum @rzweather @ThomasGeboyWX @spann @StormHour @ThePhotoHour @NWSMobile @CloudAppSoc pic.twitter.com/tCbnQ9cakh
— Asa Schlobohm (@SchlobohmAsa) April 24, 2020
ALL CLEAR! TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED… The best time in a tornado risk is when it comes to an end. That moment is now! We can officially give an ALL CLEAR from the tornado risk across south Alabama and northwest Florida as it appears the secondary round of storms is not materializing. Thunderstorms were so intense this morning and lasted into the afternoon long enough to disrupt the explosive instability values that were expected. Thus, storms tonight simply don’t have much (if any) fuel to use. This is great news! There could be a few showers and thunderstorms through 10PM but overall even that risk is quite low (if not zero) at this point as the atmosphere seems quite worked over and not supportive for more storms.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OUR COVERAGE… When we kicked off tornado warning coverage at 4:58AM, I would have been a bit surprised if you told me we would have a five hour round of coverage! Multiple tornadoes and numerous areas of wind damage (mostly trees down) happened across the area. Thank you so much to everyone across Alabama, Florida, and the Deep South for choosing our coverage when tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect. It has truly been the honor of my life so far to be your meteorologist. We hope you’ll join us again next time we have an active round of weather, which looks it won’t be anytime soon. There is a chance we could have storms around Wednesday or Thursday or next week but severe weather seems a bit unlikely in that event for now.
ENJOY THE WEEKEND… This weekend will be absolutely fantastic in the weather department across south Alabama and northwest Florida. We have sunny skies ahead for Friday with highs in the low-80s. There could be a few clouds on Saturday with perhaps a shower or two around (even that is probably a stretch at this point though). Highs on Saturday will be around the 80 degree mark. Sunshine returns in full force for Sunday into Monday with highs in the low-80s and lows in the 50s. The next chance of rain and storms will happen Wednesday into Thursday of next week but we have plenty of time between now and then to start looking at our next chance of rain and thunderstorms. NICE WEEKEND! Get out and enjoy it.
My next forecast post will be posted by 7:15AM tomorrow (Friday) on Facebook and in the RedZone Weather app. We will keep it super short as we have great weather ahead. Lots of sunshine this weekend!
The severe thunderstorm watch for west Alabama has been cancelled. The tornado risk has ended. This means one thing…
ALL CLEAR!
Thanks to everyone who watched our coverage today! https://t.co/yQt8odkiFJ pic.twitter.com/vy0uej6VHl
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 23, 2020
Damage to Mike’s gas station in Excel 04/23/2020 due to straight lines winds @rzweather @NWSMobile pic.twitter.com/ip7ntAkdVO
— Romany Weeks (@romanyshon) April 23, 2020
Just in as of 5:57PM… @NWSMobile has CANCELLED the severe thunderstorm watch for all counties in southwest Alabama as it appears the severe weather risk has diminished. Standby for a long form writeup about this and what you can expect for the rest of the night.
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 23, 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Wilcox County in AL until 5:30pm.
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 23, 2020
Severe thunderstorms are moving east across northern Washington County… pic.twitter.com/WaUoan8MZp
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) April 23, 2020