Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Early Afternoon in Alabama–1 O’clock Report
Very little rain across Alabama early this afternoon, but that will change later. In fact, there are some exceptions already. Several strong thunderstorms over SE Mississippi were moving toward the ENE. Some of those were approaching Western Mobile County. NWS … Continue reading
California + Arizona Notes
Bad, bad weather in the Far West and covering a wide area. Here are some examples: CALIFORNIA * Gust to 50 mph at mid-afternoon yesterday east of Lakeside in San Diego County. One person was killed and another injured. Several … Continue reading
An Actual California Tornado!
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 336 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010 ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE…. ..REMARKS.. 1257 PM TORNADO HUNTINGTON BEACH 33.69N 118.01W 01/19/2010 ORANGE CA PUBLIC TORNADO … Continue reading
Weather by the Numbers 1/19/2010
* 2 below zero was the coldest temperature in the lower 48 states this morning at Diamond Lake, Wisconsin. I believe that is the first time I have ever seen that location take the honor. * 45 below was the … Continue reading
More Cold + a Few Warm Temperatures
Here we go with another list of low temperatures around the great state of Alabama, home of the Paint Rock River Valley, DeSoto State Park and Demopolis. Hope you don’t mind that I occasionally roam far and wide. ALABAMA (Thanks … Continue reading
More About Ice Skating on the Warrior
Seems to be some doubt from readers that there could be ice skating on the Black Warrior during the January, 1940 cold wave and during the (Mother) (Father) (Grandfather) of all cold waves in February, 1899. First this link: (Thanks … Continue reading
Looking in The Alabama Ice Box
Another very cold morning across the great state of Alabama, home of Mt. Cheaha, Little River Canyon and Havana Junction. Here we go with another list of lows and thanks to Jason for assisting with the 33/40 Skywatcher reports: 11 … Continue reading
The Arctic Roundup
Here we go with a long list of bitter cold low temperatures, not only in Alabama, but in other places of interest. We will probably update this one more time by 11:00 a.m. to include a lot of the North … Continue reading
Update East Alabama Icy Roads
Many thanks to Mr. McCormick for relaying this information at midday: James/Jason, wanted to give you a little update here in East Alabama. – In Randolph County, there are numerous accidents on Stae Highway 48 between Wedowee and the Georgia … Continue reading
Frigid Friday
You may get tired of reading through all of these cold temperatures when we post this many, but I thought you might like to know. I am a cold weather fan, so I am always intrigued. This is a list … Continue reading
