East Alabama, Tropical Storm Fay Effects

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The East and central Alabama region got hit hard by TS Fay last night. While it did not bring the same force as it did in Florida, there were major issues due to the high winds and heavy rain. In the Auburn area alone there were 6 tornado warnings (visible rotation in the clouds by the weather service) between 6pm CDT and 2am CDT; along with lake wind advisories, urban and small stream flood watches and flash flood warnings. There were major power outages, with wires down all over the place. There were also many incidents involving falling trees that had been weakened by the long drought. The biggest in the Auburn area being a tree into a church. The power company was behind at least 3 to 4 hours at 10pm, and still had trucks in some places around 1pm on Sunday. As of this time there is still a tornado watch for another three hours, as well as flash flood warnings until Tuesday.

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The weather let up for most of Sunday, but is right back today. The storm seems to have re-centered, and is continuing to rotate moving north through Alabama. As of right now, there is a tornado watch until 3pm, and there was already one tornado warning this morning at 9:40. Classes at Auburn University have been suspended for Monday starting at 11am.