Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
Boundary, high winds
Tornadic storm now in extreme NW Tallapoosa county, just having crossed Highway 280. Numerous reports of wind damage and possible tornadoes with this storm. This storm may have been enhanced by its location near a large boundary, or change in … Continue reading
Slight Risk of Severe Weather
SPC has placed all of Alabama in a slight risk for severe storms for today. The models have come in more aggressive for severe weather across Alabama. The NAM paints a more intense event, but the GFS also shows a … Continue reading
Severe Weather Threat
The models have definitely come in looking more aggressive for a severe weather event in Alabama tomorrow, including parts of north Alabama, also. Quickly, the NAM shows a 70 knot jet at 850 mb moving into the western part of … Continue reading
SE Texas gravity waves
As JB and Brian point out, there is a very strong cold front in Texas this afternoon. An old friend of mine is trying to storm chase down there right now, and I’m helping him with radar, etc. This guy … Continue reading
Cold Sunrise
Thanks to Vic Bell up in Scrougeout for this great shot of the sunrise. The low up there in northeast Etowah County was 25 with a big frost this morning compared to 41 degrees on Noccalula Mountain at our SkyCam … Continue reading
Pell City Fire
Our Cheaha SkyCam is showing a massive smoke plume coming from the old Avondale Mills in Pell City. The camera is 25 miles east-southeast of the fire. The plume is above the ground, and with a light flow the plume … Continue reading
Snow Showers – Kinda Like Thunderstorms!
The snow showers we’ve seen over much of Alabama this morning are a little bit like thunderstorms, in that they were brought on partially by unstable air near the ground. I know we think of unstable air as warm and … Continue reading
Where’s the Snow?
If you’re trying to watch the flurries on radar, odds are unless you’re within 40 miles of a NEXRAD site (Calera, Hytop, or Greenwood Springs-Columbus, Miss.), you won’t see the snow with anything but your eyes. That’s because it’s literally … Continue reading
A Flizzard!
Flizzard became the word of choice to describe these flurries and snow showers this morning, so here are a couple of snapshots from Blount County and Shelby County to keep the flizzard flying!
Snow Flurries!
The phone in the ABC 33/40 Newsroom is ringing off the hook with reports of snow flurries this morning, and we are actually seeing some rooftops get white on the Cullman Skycam. We do not expect any *significant* accumulation of … Continue reading
