* At 2:58 pm, hail 3/4ths inch in diameter three miles NNE of Columbiana in South Shelby County. * At 3:20 pm, public reported hail half-dollar size in the Friendship community which is five miles west of Tallassee in Elmore … Continue reading →

First a quick note from our 33/40 Skywatcher in Childersburg: Very heavy rain down the road from Childersburg at DeSoto Caverns. Storm did not appear to be severe in Childersburg. Now, the latest warning: ————————————————————- BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 251 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… … Continue reading →

The state is almost equally divided between the haves and have nots as far as rain is concerned this afternoon. At 2:30 p.m., there were virtually no showers or thunderstorms from Birmingham northward to the Tennessee border. But scattered ones … Continue reading →

Scattered showers and some thunderstorms continue to develop mainly over Central and SE Alabama early this afternoon. Lightning detection equipment shows that thunderstorms were in progress, scattered across Bibb, Chilton and Coosa County. One new shower was developing as far … Continue reading →

A few showers developing across Central Alabama. Moving almost directly east. At 12:40 pm, two of the showers have matured into thunderstorms, although not very large. One was over West Chilton County in the center of the state and the … Continue reading →

A few small showers developed across North Central Alabama this afternoon, from Tuscaloosa County east across parts of Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega. This included a moderate to heavy shower west of Wedowee in Randolph County. Movement slowly toward the … Continue reading →

No, no, not the ones used for sewing or knitting. Not even the ones that you get your annual flu shot with. Our focus instead is on a California desert city of over 5,000 on the west bank of the … Continue reading →

* North one-third of Alabama remains rain free at high noon. Almost all showers and thunderstorms were south of Birmingham. * Heaviest showers, along with some thunderstorms, were mainly south of Montgomery especially across Coffee, Geneva and Crenshaw counties. Movement … Continue reading →

Yeah, I know this is overkill but so many people have yearned for rain lately. Most people do not own a rain gauge but they are interested in knowing how much they got. My apology for the length of this … Continue reading →