Author Archives: J.B. Elliott

Alabama at 3:30pm

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues until 7:00 this evening for about the west third of Tennessee, extreme North and NE Mississippi and NW Alabama. This Watch does not include the immediate Birmingham area, but it does include counties as nearby … Continue reading →

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A Weather-related Fatal Chopper Crash

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A medical helicopter crashed in a rainy field in western Tennessee early Thursday, killing three crew members on a return trip from delivering a patient. There were no survivors. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeremy Heidt … Continue reading →

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High Noon Across Alabama–12:30 Report

Scattered showers early this afternoon over most sections of Alabama. Moderate to heavy showers about midway between Montgomery and Birmingham. However, most showers over the state light to moderate. Little or no lightning but lots of lightning in a cluster … Continue reading →

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Late Morning Alabama–10 o’clock Report

A broad zone (sort of a wide line) of showers continues over West Alabama northeastward into North Central and Northeast Alabama. This includes some moderate to heavy showers from North Jefferson County northeastward. The heaviest showers were over Cullman, Marshall … Continue reading →

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8 am Progress Report on Storms

(Scroll down for the complete discussion from James) Remainder of morning drive for BHM Metro should be OK although all roads are wet from lighter rain earlier. However, some heavy showers with some thunderstorms extended across NW and West Alabama … Continue reading →

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Weather by the Numbers–Shorter Version

* 0 is the snow depth in Washington, D.C., this morning. Our own Bill Murray gave us a direct report. He is in that area this week on business. * 77 inches is how much snow measured at BWI (Baltimore-Washington … Continue reading →

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Late Morning in Alabama–10:30 Report

Vast blanket of low clouds and fog covered much of North and Central Alabama all morning. However, sunshine is slowly winning the epic battle. I was at St. Vincents, East for an hour or so this morning, one of the … Continue reading →

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Early Afternoon in Alabama

Radar shows that most of the Alabama precipitation has spread into NE and East Alabama. You could draw a line from just east of Huntsville to just east of Birmingham and to near Montgomery and most of it was east … Continue reading →

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Just Before High Noon in Alabama

The North Alabama precipitation has shifted more to the east. At 11:55 am, very little over the NW and West counties. Most of the radar return is along a north-south line from Huntsville to Birmingham and east to the Georgia … Continue reading →

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Alabama at 10:45 am Monday

It is a cloudy cold morning across Alabama–a 180 degeree turn-around from Friday and Saturday Weather. At 10:30 am, radar indicated a solid area of precipitation from about the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area northward to the Tennessee Valley. In the winter mosaic … Continue reading →

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