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New Tornado Warning For Fayette and Walker Counties

Here is a close up look at the warning: Northern Fayette County has the greatest risk right now…about 10 miles north of Fayette… Everyone else in advance of this line of storms is under or will be under severe thunderstorm … Continue reading →

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Several Counties

The line of storms is now on top of Hamilton and Sulligent. It will impact Hackleburg, Bear Creek, Guin, Winfield, Vernon, Millport, Fayette, carbon Hill, Double Springs and Natural Bridge. WUUS54 KBMX 250410 SVRBMX ALC057-075-093-127-133-250500- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0011.110225T0410Z-110225T0500Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST … Continue reading →

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning Greene and Pickens Counties

WUUS54 KBMX 250404 SVRBMX ALC063-107-250445- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0010.110225T0404Z-110225T0445Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1004 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning for Marion County

This possible tornado will pass north of Hamilton and toward Hackleburg. Please be in safe shelter as this dangerous storm approaches. WFUS54 KBMX 250357 TORBMX ALC093-250430- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0004.110225T0357Z-110225T0430Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 957 … Continue reading →

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Update 945 pm

The line of storms is now from near Nashville, to the NW corner of Alabama, to Jackson, MS, and is moving east near 50 mph.   The storms are ahead of schedule and continue to accelerate.  They will move across much … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning Includes Northern Jefferson County

Sirens are sounding across the Birmingham area now, but the warning does not include the City of Birmingham. It is for places like Gardendale, Sayre and points north. Tornado indicated by radar near Parrish in Walker County. There is a … Continue reading →

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Severe weather update, 725 pm

This was the Memphis radar (reflectivity, or rain intensity, on top, and velocity on bottom) just before 700 pm.  A bow echo moved in to that area, and may have also spun up a tornado.  Either way, the radar was … Continue reading →

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Severe weather update – 412 pm

…First big severe weather threat of 2011 season facing Alabama overnight… …See James’ post below for more details on the forecast… A low pressure area now over western Arkansas will move east-northeastward tonight, toward west TN and central KY.  It will drag a … Continue reading →

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What Do These Clouds Say?

On quiet weather days, a lot of people, especially children with big imaginations, look up at the clouds and see animals, people, or other every day things; I’ve never seen an imagination so good before that it could resolve the … Continue reading →

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Drastic Cuts to National Weather Service Budget Proposed

Many of you may recall that I wrote recently on this blog that I will likely have to go to part time, or eventually worse, at UAH starting this Summer, in part due to budget cuts in atmospheric research.  But, despite … Continue reading →

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