SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 654 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009 ALZ012-022-220045- LAMAR-PICKENS- 654 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAMAR AND PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT… AT 649 PM CDT…THE … Continue reading →

The line of showers and thunderstorms that slipped into West Central Alabama this afternoon is now much weaker. They extend from just NW of Birmingham (rather weak inthis area) northward to near Moulton and Decatur in the Tennessee Valley. Heaviest … Continue reading →

The cluster of showers along with some thunderstorms that slipped across the border into West Alabama earlier this afternoon continues to move toward the NE. At 4:00 p.m., the indistinct line of storms extended from East Tuscaloosa County near Vance … Continue reading →

That group of showers along with some thunderstorms that moved into West Alabama earlier was growing a bit stronger. At 2:45, they extended from near Moundville and Eutaw northward through West Tuscaloosa County and East Pickens to Lamar, Fayette and … Continue reading →

All last night and all day today a wide band of showesr and thunderstorms have been moving ever so slowly working its way eastward from Arkansas and Oklahoma and all the way from Kansas yesterday. This afternoon a few showers, … Continue reading →

UPDATED 10:40 AM TO ADD 20+ ADDITIONAL REPORTS Numerous record lows this morning. Many of the lows would equal the average lows of late September and early October. 49 DeSoto State Park (lowest official low I could find) 51 Broomtown … Continue reading →

Since we are still in a “rain recovery” mode so to speak, here is a list of rain amounts from around the state in the last 24 hours. Thanks to our RO (Rain Officer) Michelle Miklik for helping assemble this … Continue reading →

Overall, storms are now a lot weaker. Have Weather Radio on alert so if something unexpected develops, I will be back.

Late tonight, showers, light to moderate, were over SE Alabama, most of them SE of the Montgomery. Quite a different arrangement from 24 hours ago when we were on our nightly watch keeping an eye on still another big glob … Continue reading →

All the biggies had pushed down into South Alabama late this afternoon. Biggies means the worst, meanest, ugliest thunderstorms. It was raining by the buckets in areas south of Montgomery and especially south of Monroeville. The storms were moving east, … Continue reading →