Many of us awoke to sounds of thunder and flashes of lightening this morning as the seasons 1st severe thunderstorms passed through the TN Valley. Several locations from NW Alabama to the Huntsville Metro Area to the mountains of NE Alabama reported golf ball to 1/4 size hail. Some of the most impressive hail from this event fell across portions of Marshall, Jackson and DeKalb counties, from Guntersville to Rainsville to Pisgah. In this corridor some of you may have thought that winter had made a full return as the ground turned bright white. But, it was not snow! Instead, it was accumulations of hail. In fact, some spots reported up to 1 inch of hail accumulation. Below are pictures and video that were submitted by viewers via MyWAAY.
Will there be more severe weather this weekend? The answer is no: however, it will be gray and drizzerable as we will see abundant cloud cover and occasional showers and drizzle for both Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures will be chilly too, only climbing to around 50 degrees in the afternoon. The good news is by late next week, temperatures will rise back into the 60’s. Next weekend, might not be too bad!
Dale Bader/Storm Force 31, Meteorologist
