Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Lee Gooslin for a view of a possible tornado touchdown near the Unclaimed Baggage store in Scottsboro, Alabama late Wednesday / early Thursday as numerous severe storms moved through.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #WeatherAlmanac for #ChattanoogaTN on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Wayne Carpenter of Decatur for a beautiful end-of-April #sunset, our @LangleyRoofing #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay.

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Much quieter tonight after the very busy night of severe weather. More about how you can help the National Weather Service with post-storm data collection.
All that and much more in tonight's @WDEFNews12
exclusive video #weatherblog #WeatherOvertime. #ShareAndEnjoy

https://youtu.be/8mXf-WcHt40

NWS Huntsville: an EF2 tornado hit Henagar, Alabama last night with several injuries but no fatalities.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #BlipCast for Thursday: What a difference 24 little hours can make. Dry and quiet into the upcoming Mother's Day holiday weekend.

Complete forecast update tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.

"Meteorologists Know How To Detect Tornadoes So Let Them Do Their Job via @forbes"

"Trust me, I know as a meteorologist and director of a major atmospheric sciences program at a university. In fact, the AMS lays out what sound training in meteorology should contain. One line specifically says, “Active and passive remote sensing (especially radar and satellite measurements.”

- Dr. Marshall Shepherd, UG prof meteorology, past president AMETSOC

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2024/05/09/meteorologists-know-how-to-detect-tornadoes-so-let-them-do-their-job/

@WDEFNews12 Tornadic storms over Middle TN moving E @ 35 MPH. That will put the storms over Grundy, Sequatchie and Bledsoe Counties in the viewing area within the next 30-45 minutes. Time to be #weatheraware.

@WDEFNews12 Tornadic storms over Middle TN moving E @ 35 MPH. That will put the storms over Grundy, Sequatchie and Bledsoe Counties in the viewing area within the next 30-45 minutes. Time to be #weatheraware.

NWS HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY, CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NE #ALwx IN THE @WDEFNews12 area.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 658 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SECTION, OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTTSBORO, MOVING NE AT 25 MPH.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING
636 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2024

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

 * TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
S RUTHERFORD
NW COFFEE
NORTH CENTRAL BEDFORD
W CANNON COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...  

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.  

* AT 636 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF MURFREESBORO, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  MURFREESBORO AROUND 640 PM CDT.  

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 211
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
515 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northern Alabama
Northern Georgia
Far western North Carolina
Eastern Tennessee

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 515 PM until Midnight EDT.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #BlipCast Wednesday: Quiet early evening, expected to be the calm before the storms later tonight. Time to be #weatheraware and know your #severeweatherplan.

Details later on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11. Stay tuned for possible warnings later.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - Showers developing over Hamilton County #TNwx moving NE @ 20 MPH parallel to I-75.

More rain and thunderstorms - some strong to severe - later tonight.

NWS Huntsville has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NE Jackson County,
NE DeKalb County in NE Alabama...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pisgah, or 8 miles east of Scottsboro, moving east at 20 mph.

#SpecialWeatherStatement posted from NWS Huntsville just west of the @WDEFNews12 viewing area counties in NE Alabama #ALwx for thunderstorms that are strong but not severe.

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MADISON...NORTHEASTERN
LIMESTONE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...

At 541 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ardmore, or 11 miles north of Athens, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

"Interesting study looking at a global trend toward hurricanes that intensify more rapidly and extensively near the coast due to human-caused climate change" -- "Andrew Freedman
@afreedma - Senior climate reporter @axios

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/07/hurricanes-intensifying-faster-coastlines

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #BlipCast for Tuesday evening: a good time to be #WeatherAware over the next few days as a powerful storm system gives the area a chance for stronger storms.

A forecast you don't want to miss tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.

"“I think there’s millions of invisible #climatemigrants today, and unless we get a handle on this problem and do so quickly, that’s going to look like a trickle before the flood.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/un-expert-human-rights-climate-crisis-economy

"Two tornadoes in less than six weeks isn't what any community wants. And widespread severe weather will continue into midweek. @CC_Yale" - Bob Henson, Meteorologist and journalist.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/oklahoma-town-ravaged-by-second-tornado-in-two-months/