Locally Heavy Rainfall for the Carolinas; Thunderstorms and Fire Weather Concerns for Intermountain West

Heavy rainfall from scattered thunderstorms is expected across the Southwest, Intermountain West, and Plains. Isolated dry thunderstorms may initiate additional fires across the west. The coastal Carolinas may experience flash floods in the coming days due to repeated thunderstorms. Additionally, a wave of intense summer heat will hit the Southern Plains and central Gulf Coast States this week. Read More >

During the late evening hours of October 24th and early morning of October 25th, 2010, severe thunderstorms moved across northern Alabama, and southern middle Tennessee. The first wave of thunderstorms occurred between 10:00 PM and 1:00 AM CDT. These thunderstorms produced quarter to golfball sized hail and damaging winds across the area and one tornado touchdown in Moore County, Tennessee. A second wave of thunderstorms moved from northern Mississippi over north Alabama and southen Middle Tennessee between 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM CDT on Monday, October 25th. This line of storms produced four tornadoes. One occurred over far southwest Marshall County, Alabama around 3:20 am CDT near the Arab community. Three more tornadoes tracked simultaneously across southeastern Jackson and northern Dekalb Counties along a line of thunderstorms around 3:50 to 4:30 am CDT.

Confirmed Tornado Paths

Click on the storm track in the map below to see detailed information pertaining to each storm.