The severe storm in Blount County is edging westward into Cullman County near Garden City. It will affect areas around Blountsville, Cleveland, Nectar, Garden City and Bangor. WUUS54 KHUN 052229 SVRHUN ALC043-052315- /O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0140.120705T2229Z-120705T2315Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM … Continue reading →

WUUS54 KBMX 052220 RRA SVRBMX ALC081-113-052300- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0215.120705T2220Z-120705T2300Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 520 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING … Continue reading →

Base reflectivity on the left shows what’s reaching the ground, composite on the right shows what’s suspended aloft and must come down. Beginning to see signs of hail larger than golfballs between Blountsville and Cleveland. WUUS54 KBMX 052220 SVRBMX ALC009-052245- … Continue reading →

The NWS has issued a new severe thunderstorm warning for Russell County, replacing the earlier one that has expired. Large hail is likely passing just south of Phenix City. High winds are also a good bet. WUUS54 KBMX 052142 SVRBMX … Continue reading →

Intense thunderstorm pushing into East Central Alabama’s Russell County, south of Phenix City. In North Alabama, a severe thunderstorm is just south of Huntsville, pushing south across Madison and toward Morgan County. Severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect ahead of … Continue reading →

Storms south of Montgomery are quite intense this afternoon. Here is the big picture as of 5:24 p.m. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… * … Continue reading →

Look at these two radar images of the Elmore County storm. Left side is base reflectivity. Shows precipitation reaching the ground. The right side is composite reflectivity, which shows all of the tilts through the atmosphere. It indicates all of … Continue reading →

Thunderstorms have fired this afternoon in the deeper moisture over the southeastern half of Alabama. They are garden variety summer storms. They will pack a punch with heavy rain, lightning, some hail and the potential for damaging winds from downbursts. … Continue reading →

Storms have strengthened over eastern Walker County at this hour near Dora. They will move east southeast at 15-20 mph generally down I-22/US-78 corridor toward West Jefferson and Adamsville. WUUS54 KBMX 021218 SVRBMX ALC073-127-021245- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0207.120702T1218Z-120702T1245Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED … Continue reading →