Author Archives: J.B. Elliott

Love Your Pets While You Can

NOTE: This post is not about weather or Little Miss Molly, even though it is under her category. Instead, I want to tell the story of one of our reader families that just lost a much beloved dog. When James … Continue reading →

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Late Morning Quick Look

An area of scattered snow flurries moving eastward over Extreme NE Alabama ….large flakes for a time in Gadsden ….28 with light snow, Albertville ….27 with flurries, Rome, Ga. ….28, flurries, Chattanooga OTHER 11 AM REPORTS ….still only 39 in … Continue reading →

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Weather by the Numbers 2/16/10

* 11 is how many mornings that it has been below freezing out of the first 16 days of this month. So far in February, the Huntsville temperature has averaged 5.3 degrees per day colder than average. * 12 of … Continue reading →

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From NWS, Huntsville–Black Ice

NOTE: Watch out for black ice in the Birmingham area this morning also. In fact anywhere that the snow accumulated late yesterday and last evening across Central Alabama. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 159 AM CST TUE … Continue reading →

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More Snow Reports

Radar shows that the area of snow flurries and snow showers that moved down into North/Central Alabama have shrunk in aerial coverage, but there continues to be flurries with big flakes over East/Central Alabama from Shelby County over to Clay … Continue reading →

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Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 737 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…RUSSELLVILLE… MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…GUNTERSVILLE… SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…CULLMAN…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE… WINCHESTER 737 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 …HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH … Continue reading →

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Snow Reports

These reports are from 33/40 Skywatchers and other reports from the public. Snow showers are now moving SE through North/Central Alabama and, with temperatures falling below freezing, look for some ice problems on the streets and highways, especially overpasses and … Continue reading →

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Big Flakes of Snow

The NWS has expanded the Winter Weather Advisory until 10:00 tonight and it now includes these counties: Blount Etowah Calhoun Cherokee Pickens Tuscaloosa Jefferson St. Clair This, of course, includes the Birmingham metropolitan area as well as Tuscaloosa, Oneonta, Gadsden … Continue reading →

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Just Before the Crack of Dawn

Much colder air has overspread most of North and West Alabama. Just before 5 am, the main band of precipitation was over East Alabama and down into South Alabama. Temperatures were as cold as 23 in Haleyville. A number of … Continue reading →

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Upgrade to a Winter Storm Warning

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 159 PM CST SUN FEB 14 2010 …SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY… JEFFERSON-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA… PELHAM…ALABASTER…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND…ROANOKE 159 PM CST SUN FEB 14 2010 …WINTER STORM … Continue reading →

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