N. Alabama Hit Repeatedly, Photos

Northern Alabama has been hit by severe thunderstorms repeatedly -- five times, almost six between Tuesday and Wednesday evening. One family in the middle of was Warren and Melinda from Salem, Alabama, who sent in the following photos of their yard:

The National Weather Service did a storm survey in Limestone county (home to Salem) and determined that a tornado and downburst occurred on Tuesday evening during the first storm, but they have not released information on Wednesday's storms yet.

Radar screen captures from the 5 different severe situations are shown below. You can view a 48-hour radar loop here (warning: large Quicktime file). Note that we did not apply radar cleanup in this animation, so you can ignore the blue data which is not precipitation.

#1 - Tuesday 22:55 - Evening Squall Line

#2 - Wednesday 10:55 - Next Morning, Another Squall Line

#3 - Wednesday 16:55 - The Afternoon Squall Line

#4 - Wednesday 19:55 - Another Evening Squall Line

#5 - Thursday 00:55 - Storms Form North of Departed Squall Line

Thursday 03:55 - Almost #6 But Mini-Squall Line Fades