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NWS, Huntsville Extends Watch

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 134 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 437 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ALC033-043-059-077-079-083-089-103-TNC051-103-127-030000- /O.EXT.KHUN.SV.A.0134.000000T0000Z-100503T0000Z/ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 134…PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON…IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS … Continue reading →

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A Little Encouraging Note

No Tornado Warnings anywhere in the USA today for hours. The last one was out of NWS, Louisville at 10:09 this morning. (9:09 Alabama time) Three cheers!!! No, a thousand cheers!

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A Few Mid-afternoon Notes

…using incomplete sentences to save space and reading time …broad irregular and fairly wide band of showers/thunderstorms moving east across North and Central Alabama …line moving east but individual cells moving quickly NE …loud thunder now in NE Trussville …some … Continue reading →

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Special Statement, NWS/Birmingham

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1243 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ALZ013-015-022-023-031-021815- FAYETTE-GREENE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER- 1243 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ..SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FAYETTE…GREENE…PICKENS TUSCALOOSA AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT… AT 1242 PM … Continue reading →

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The Amazing Tennessee Story

I have been around awhile (quite awhile!) and what Memphis and Nashville has experienced in the last 36 hours or so just about tops the list of what I have seen. Look at these 24 hour rain amounts ending at … Continue reading →

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8:30 pm in Alabama

Not much going on. Most of the state is free of showers and thunderstorms. The exception: NWS Huntsville continues the Tornado Warning until 8:45 for east Colbert and Central Lauderdale County in Extreme NW Alabama.

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A Few 8 pm Notes . . .

* SPC maintains a moderate risk from North louisiana all the way to the southern portions of Illinois and Indiana. This includes most of Arkansas, NW Mississippi, West half of Tennessee and West Kentucky. * Within the moderate risk area … Continue reading →

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Arkansas Under the Gun (Again)

Thunderstorms were intensifying rapidly across Arkansas this evening. The NWS in Little Rock has issued nine Tornado Warnings in just the last 30 minutes! Another busy, busy night…

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Early Evening in Alabama–6 o’clock Report

Compared to Tennessee and other areas, the weather across Alabama has been relatively quiet today. That will change. A new thunderstorm has formed over east Mississippi. At 6 pm, it was passing NW of Columbus and moving quickly NE toward … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Afloat

These amazing rain totals in Tennessee so far: 11.00 inches at Bells 12.16 Jackson 11.43 Medina 11.40 Brownsville 13.50 Waverly 11.60 Munford Some areas in and around the Memphis Metro over 15 inches!

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