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Tornado Warning : Bibb, Chilton, Shelby Counties until 1:45
Strong indications of a tornado again now Centreville. It is moving northeast toward Montevallo, Alabaster, Calera and Columbiana. The tornado watch continues until 5 p.m. The chance for severe weather will be over South Central and East Central Alabama, south … Continue reading
Tornado Warning: Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry Counties
Radar indicates possible tornado over US-43 north of Linden. It will pass very near Greensboro, perhaps near Marion. WFUS54 KBMX 221751 TORBMX ALC063-065-091-105-221830- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0170.111222T1751Z-111222T1830Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1151 AM CST THU … Continue reading
Tornado Warning: Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa
Possible tornado indicated by radar east of Eutaw near Akron and Moundville. This possible tornado will ove northeast and could affect places like Tuscaloosa, Coaling and Brookwood. Be in safe shelter before these storms arrive. Leave mobile homes now for … Continue reading
Flash Flood Warning : Lamar County until 1:00 PM
The above image is radar estimated rainfall centered on Lamar County. You can see the flash flood warning polygon. Lamar County has some very flood prone locations so the warnings are issued early for that county. Remember, turn around, don’t … Continue reading
Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves – Analysis
As most of you know, some of the most amazing clouds most of us have ever seen moved across downtown Birmingham on Friday. See James’ main post with more pictures here. Given that one of the areas we have been … Continue reading
Frost at 37 degrees?
(Photo by Ronald Hughes, Coker, AL) Why is it that we differentiate between a “frost” and a “freeze”? How can ice form on the ground (frost is not frozen dew, but ice that deposits directly onto the surface from … Continue reading
Cold air not far away, light rain already here
Light rain showers and drizzle are moving across Alabama this evening…and that will continue tomorrow and probably through Wednesday morning. There is a big time cold front sitting just to our west. Take a look at 515 pm temperatures: Coming … Continue reading
Snow analysis 350 am
This is about as complicated as atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics can get. A cold core low is centered north of Huntsville this morning, and a batch of light precipitation has been moving across northern Alabama the past 2 hours. Most … Continue reading
Snow analysis – 1019 pm
Above is a loop of 500 mb heights (lines) and vorticity (colors) over the next 36 hours. You can see the upper low cutting off from the main flow, or forming a full circle, to our west tonight. Satellite imagery … Continue reading
Snow analysis
Wow, what a complicated forecast! Two things are pretty sure…it will be damp and occasionally precipitate from now through Tuesday morning…and it is about to get very cold. It was in the 70s yesterday afternoon…same time tomorrow it will be … Continue reading
