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Severe Thunderstorm Warning, NW Alabama

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 128 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA… … Continue reading →

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To Answer Numerous Questions

Lots and lots of concern about the unfolding weather event in Alabama. This is a quick analysis as it looks now. We will have more and more information as the afternoon and evening goes on. This 33/40 Weather BLOG will … Continue reading →

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Tornado Watch For 6 North Alabama Counties

This Tornado Watch also covers a big part of West and Middle Tennessee including the Nashville area. Here is the statement from Huntsville covering the Alabama counties: WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 764 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1224 PM … Continue reading →

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Tornado Watch, Mississippi

NOTE: This watch extends as far east as the Alabama border. URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 763 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1125 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED … Continue reading →

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Banging on the Moon!

NASA sent two probs smashing into the moon near its south pole early this morning. Testing to find water. They should have sent one to Lake Purdy. We have plenty! The smash was successful. The space units were traveling five-zillion … Continue reading →

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Highly Unscientific Weather Research

A neighbor on my street and I learned to do a rain dance during our long drought. I did mine under cover of darkness. Now we need to learn a semi-drought dance. I will check with her. This morning, I … Continue reading →

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Late Morning in Alabama–11 o’clock Report

Just did a 1/2 mile walk with my little dog and we instantly realized a fresh, cool northerly breeze. Translation: The front has passed Birmingham and is now down in Central Alabama.These numbers tell the story: * Only 62 degrees … Continue reading →

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Alabama Update–9:30 am Report

Showers continue scattered across the north half of Alabama at mid-morning. They are nowhere near as numerous and as heavy as the ones we saw btween midnight and daybreak. At 9:30 am, the heavier showers extended from Elmore County east … Continue reading →

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The Continuous Rumble of Thunder

That long zone of showers and thunderstorms continues very early on this Wednesday morning all the way from the NE corner of Texas east across South Arkansas, Central Mississippi, North Central Alabama into North Georgia. The booming, rolling thunder has … Continue reading →

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Rolling Thunder; Continuous Lightning

A thunderstorm with heavy rain now in progress in the Trussville area of NE Jefferson County. Lightning is continuous along with window-shaking lingering, rolling thunder. No dog can sleep in this kind of weather, especially mine. The NWS, Birmingham posted … Continue reading →

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