By Jillian Macmath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
December 20,2012; 6:30PM,EST
Severe storms were moving across Alabama early Thursday. The storms erupted along a potent cold front associated with a blizzard raging across the Midwest.
Storms will continue to progress eastward into Thursday night, threatening southern Georgia and northeastern Florida.
The most widespread concern with storms will be damaging winds up to 70 mph. However, a few tornadoes and large hail are also possible.
UPDATES:
4:40 p.m. CST Thursday: Unconfirmed report of a brief tornado touch down in Perry, Fla. No reports of damage or injuries.
3:25 p.m. CST Thursday: Several reports of stop signs and traffic lights blown down in Sheffield in Colbert County, Ala.
1:52 p.m. CST Thursday: Non-thunderstorm winds are causing flight delays at Memphis International Airport, Tenn.
1:33 p.m. CST Thursday: Non-thunderstorm winds caused property damage, power outages and a truck to roll over in Camp Creek, Tenn. One person is reported to have been injured.
2:00 p.m. CST Thursday: Non-thunderstorm winds knocked out power in Van Wert, Ohio.
12:50 p.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and power lines in Geneva County, Ala.
12:48 p.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds, possibly a small, brief tornado downed trees and overturned a truck along Highway 84 west of Dothan, Ala.
12:47 p.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in southern Walton County, Fla.
11:50 a.m. CST Thursday: Non-thunderstorm wind gusts blew windows out of a building and displaced the roof of another structure in Cumberland, Ky.
10:10 a.m. CST Thursday: Non-thunderstorm winds downed trees throughout Calloway County, Ky.
10:00 a.m. CST Thursday: "Looks like storms are starting to weaken as they come into drier air," AccuWeather Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity said.
9:55 a.m. CST Thursday: A funnel cloud was sighted near Brantley, Ala.
9:40 a.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds damaged a home in Vancleave, Miss. earlier in the morning. Rotation in the clouds was reported at the time of the event.
9:30 a.m. CST Thursday: We have compiled a severe weather photo collection, including pictures of possible tornado damage near Mobile, Ala.
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."
7:14 a.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds gusted to 52 mph at Okatibbee Lake, La.
7:00 a.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds gusted to 69 mph at Ponchatoula, La.
6:50 a.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Columbus, Miss.
6:30 a.m. CST Thursday: "Tornado warnings have calmed down now north of Mobile, Ala. Storms along the cold front are still producing wind damage," AccuWeather Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity said.
5:30 a.m. CST Thursday: "NWS Mobile chattering about tornado damage in or near downtown Mobile, Ala. Buildings damaged and trees down," tweeted @jimwxgator.
4:55 a.m. CST Thursday: Buildings were damaged by a possible tornado 7 miles east of Mobile Airport, Ala. Power outages have also been reported.
4:35 a.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds knocked out power in parts of Greenwood, Miss.
4:25 a.m. CST Thursday: A tornado watch has been issued for southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, southern and central portions of Alabama and the far western Florida Panhandle until noon CST. Click here for details.
4:10 a.m. CST Thursday: Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Catahoula Parish, La.2:25 a.m. CST Thursday: Damaging winds associated with severe thunderstorms now plowing through central Louisiana. Thunderstorms are even making for a noisy early morning farther east in Alabama but not severe for now.
1:09 a.m. CST Thursday: Severe threat now expected to push into central Mississippi and eastward across the Mississippi River into Tennessee and Mississippi in the next few hours. Memphis, Tenn., and Alexandria, La., can be impacted overnight.
1:00 a.m. CST Thursday: NWS in Tulsa reports numerous power outages in the region with strong winds continuing overnight.
12:49 a.m. CST Thursday: Squall line with damaging winds about to blast through Little Rock and Shreveport in the next hour. A brief tornado spin-up cannot be ruled out.
11:36 p.m. CST Wednesday: Numerous reports of tree damage across northeast Texas as storms whip eastward. Damaging wind threat persists through the night and will move into Arkansas, and Louisiana. The cities of Little Rock and Shreveport can be rocked overnight.
10:08 p.m. CST Wednesday: Severe thunderstorms racing through northeastern Texas toward Tyler. Expect winds in excess of 70 mph and hail.
9:32 p.m. CST Wednesday: 62 mph wind gust recorded in Armstrong County, Texas.
9:31 p.m. CST Wednesday: "The front just moved through Dallas, with wind gusts to 40 mph, blowing dust and thunder," said AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Brian Edwards. As dry air moved into the city, the dew point fell from 60 to 32.
9:06 p.m. CST Wednesday: One inch hail reported near Muldrow in Sequoyah County, Okla.
8:59 p.m. CST Wednesday: 66 mph wind gust recorded at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas.
8:49 p.m. CST Wednesday: 64-mph wind gust recorded in Randall County, Texas, 2 miles northeast of Lake Tanglewood.
8:42 p.m. CST Wednesday: 58-mph thunderstorm wind gust recorded in Bennington in Bryan County, Okla.
7:35 p.m. CST Wednesday: Tornadoes possible for western Arkansas, extreme southeastern Kansas, southwestern Missouri, eastern Oklahoma and extreme northeastern Texas through 2:00 a.m. CST accompanied by hail and thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph.
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