OK…after having changed clothes due to trying to film the passage of the comma-head of the bow echo here in Trussville, I checked the Birmingham airport observations. Some things you don’t see in there every day. KBHM 150804Z 25028G41KT 1 … Continue reading →

As Bill has said, if you live in Jefferson or Shelby counties, it’s not a bad idea to go ahead get into the basement or an interior room with this storm. The bow echo shape has been very impressive, and … Continue reading →

Very impressive bow echo signature on radar now, from near the Jefferson/Tuscaloosa county line, into southern Tuscaloosa county. Likely winds over 50 mph will move into the southern parts of the BHM metro area soon. Also, at the northern end … Continue reading →

Bow echo, indicating very strong winds, continues to move acorss Tuscaloosa county. Tuscaloosa airport had a wind gust to 45 mph at 2:09 am, and radar indicates winds are very high, over 60 knots, 5,000-10,000 feet off the ground.

The line of severe storms over west-central Alabama seems to have intensified, and is starting to have the look of a line that may produce very high winds. There appears to be a bit of a “bow echo”, indicating strong … Continue reading →

SPC is issuing a severe thunderstorm watch for north and central Alabama…details will be on the way from JB and Bill. The stationary front is located somewhere between downtown Birmingham and Calera, as the dewpoint at BHM is 55, and … Continue reading →

Radar indicates that most of the showers and thunderstorms associated with the first upper level disturbance are now moving into Georgia and south Alabama. The latest high-resolution visible satellite image shows clearing skies to our west over much of Mississippi, … Continue reading →

SPC has placed north and central Alabama in a slight risk for severe weather today and tonight. To read the outlook, click here. A series of weather systems will bring the possibility for thunderstorms to Alabama through tomorrow, but there … Continue reading →

I was a freshman at Samford University, and a volunteer at the National Weather Service office in Birmingham (then at 11 West Oxmoor Road) in March 1993. I printed out from AFOS (the old 1970’s computers we were still using … Continue reading →

An upper-level disturbance is moving towards Alabama early this morning, and it is a little stronger than models had shown. Radar shows some rain over parts of Mississippi, and some of that rain may reach parts of Alabama later this … Continue reading →