FULL LIST: Wind damage reported across Central Alabama

WE HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT HERE. DON’T WANT TO WASTE ANY TIME. YOU KNOW WE DO. WE’VE GOT WINDS THAT ARE GUSTING OVER 40. RIGHT NOW WE’RE HEARING REPORTS OF TREES DOWN, FIRES BEING STARTED, AND WE’RE JUST REALLY GETTING STARTED FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. RIGHT. FOR ABOUT THE NEXT 4 TO 5 HOURS, WE EXPECT THE WIND TO CONTINUE INCREASING. AND THIS IS WHY WE’VE BEEN CALLING THIS AN IMPACT DAY FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW. WE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN, PROBABLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ON AVERAGE. WINDS ARE ALREADY IN THIS RANGE. SO YEAH, THAT’S A GUARANTEE. NOW HERE’S THE PART THAT NOT EVERYBODY GETS. BUT A LOT OF US WILL GET WINDS THAT COULD BE HIGHER THAN 58 MILES PER HOUR. TECHNICALLY, THAT MAKES A STORM SEVERE. WE COULD GET WINDS 6065 WITHOUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING, THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT ACTUALLY COMING WITH A STORM. THINK OF THIS MORE LIKE A TROPICAL SYSTEM WHERE THERE’S JUST A LOT OF WIND INVOLVED. AND THEN AS THESE BANDS OF RAIN COME THROUGH, IT’S JUST GOING TO RAMP THE WIND UP EVEN MORE. THE RISK OF A TORNADO IS NOT ZERO. I WISH I COULD SAY IT’S COMPLETELY NOT THERE AT ALL, BUT WE NEVER WANT TO TURN OUR BACK ON A STORM SYSTEM THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE LOTS OF CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN WITHIN THESE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS. AND IF ONE DOES BEGIN TO ROTATE, WE’LL BE RIGHT HERE TO WATCH IT WITH YOU. SO BETWEEN NOW AND 9:00 PM, THE WORST OF THE WEATHER FOR TUSCALOOSA JASPER ARLEY HAMILTON, FAYETTE, LIVINGSTON EUTAW FOR BIRMINGHAM AND HOOVER FOR CALERA CLANTON CULLMAN. ONEONTA GADSDEN SPRINGVILLE BETWEEN 8:00 AND MIDNIGHT. THAT’S WHEN THE WORST OF THIS WILL COME THROUGH. AND IT’S NOT JUST A ONE AND DONE DEAL. IT’S A HUGE BAND OF RAIN AND WIND THAT WILL SET UP SHOP FOR A GOOD 3 TO 4 HOURS OF 45 TO 55 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. SAME AROUND ASHLAND AND ANNISTON PIEDMONT. CENTRE THROUGH CHEROKEE COUNTY UP INTO DEKALB COUNTY AFTER 10:00. THAT’S WHEN THE WORST OF THE WEATHER WILL START TO MOVE THROUGH THAT AREA. AND THE REST OF THE NIGHT AFTER THAT, THINGS WILL START TO QUIET DOWN SOME. STILL, A LOT OF LIGHTNING WITHIN THIS BAND OF STORMS AS IT’S MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE WIND GUSTING HERE CLOSE TO 50MPH. BASED ON SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT WE’RE SEEING, THE LIGHTNING NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE, BUT IT’S STILL THERE. A LOT OF THUNDER RUMBLING AROUND DOUBLE SPRINGS AND CARBON HILL, HALEYVILLE AND HAMILTON. YOU GET INTO GREENE COUNTY AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE GETTING HEAVIER. THE MORE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, THOUGH, WOULD BE PRIMARILY DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST, WHERE YOU’VE GOT THAT BIGGER BATCH OF STORMS OVER MISSISSIPPI. SO WHERE THE INSTABILITY IS HIGHEST, THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE A BIT STRONGER SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA AND BIRMINGHAM. BUT BY 8 P.M. WE’VE GOT THIS WRAPPED UP LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HERE, A VERY POTENT LINE WHERE THE WIND THAT’S BLOWING ABOVE OUR HEADS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN HEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAIN TOPS, HAS A CHANCE TO GET DOWN CLOSE TO THE GROUND. SO THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE 50 TO MAYBE 60 PLUS MILE PER HOUR GUSTS WILL COME IN BY 11:00. THAT’S MOVING OUT OF HERE. AND THEN TOMORROW TAYLOR ALSO AN IMPACT DAY FOR THAT WIND. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THOSE GUSTS UP TO 40MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. SO JASON JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE IMPACT WEATHER FOR THIS EVENING. NOW LET’S TALK MORE ABOUT TOMORROW. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 LASTING ALL THE WAY INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THAT WIND ADVISORY RUNS THROUGH 3 P.M. HERE’S A LOOK TO THE WEST OF ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM. WIND DAMAGE REPORTS. NOW, THESE ARE WITHIN STORMS OR OUTSIDE OF STORMS. AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT’S GOING ON ACROSS ALABAMA RIGHT NOW. WE’VE ALREADY GOT SOME DAMAGE REPORTS. NON THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE’RE SEEING SOME WILDFIRES THAT ARE SPARKING FROM EITHER LIGHTNING OR POWER LINES COMING DOWN. THIS IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE WITH THE WIND GUSTING STILL TOMORROW UP TO 35 40MPH, IT MAY BE HARD FOR THOSE POWER CREWS TO GET OUT AND GET YOUR POWER BACK ON EITHER LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW. THIS IS A LOOK AT OUR WIND SPEEDS AT MIDNIGHT. WE ARE GUSTING ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30MPH, SO THEY COME DOWN JUST A BIT REALLY FOR A FEW HOURS OVERNIGHT. BUT BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, 6 A.M., THEY’RE STARTING TO PICK UP AGAIN. WE’RE GUSTING ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 35 FROM 6 A.M. THROUGH 9 A.M., MORE OF THE SAME STORY THROUGH LUNCHTIME. AND AT THAT POINT WE COULD EVEN HAVE A FEW GUSTS OVER 35MPH. THAT’S WHAT COULD MAKE IT HARD FOR SOME OF THOSE POWER CREWS TO RESTORE POWER. 3:00 STILL GUSTING IN THE 30 MILE PER HOUR RANGE BEFORE WE EVENTUALLY SEE THOSE WINDS COME DOWN JUST A BIT LATE TOMORROW EVENING. SO FOR NOW, WE’RE REALLY CONCERNED WITH THAT WIDESPREAD THREAT OF THESE GUSTS OVER 50 OR, EXCUSE ME, OVER 40, UP TO 50. AND WE’VE SEEN THAT SO FAR OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS, POWER OUTAGES REMAIN LIKELY. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE A FEW FIRES AS WELL. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE IMPACT WEATHER FOR TOMORROW. WE KEEP THE WIND GUSTS. SO ANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH TREES COMING DOWN THAT COULD CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW. THURSDAY WE ARE DRY AND MUCH COOLER. WE’VE GOT HIGHS IN THE 50S. FRIDAY WE ARE WARMING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S. AND THEN WE DO SEE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN A