Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Special Weather Statement/NWS Birmingham
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 456 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ALZ026-027-152230- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA- 456 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ST. CLAIR AND TALLADEGA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT… AT 455 … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1231 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL … Continue reading
Alabama at Mid-day Friday
Most of Alabama free of showers and thunderstorms very early on this Friday afternoon. However, there were a few over the Tennessee Valley. NWS Huntsville continued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NE Madison because of a storm near New Market … Continue reading
Special Statement/NWS Huntsville
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 829 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 ALZ008-150230- MARSHALL- 829 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT… AT 826 PM CDT…DOPPLER … Continue reading
Today’s Spotlight: The Shetland Islands
You almost need a magnifying glass to find them on the map. The series of small islands are nestled between the North Sea and North Atlantic north of Scotland and west of Iceland. The largest town is Lerwick. They have … Continue reading
Alabama at Lunch Hour
That line of storms that moved into NW Alabama earlier this morning (what was left of last night’s vicious line of storms in the Plains and Midwest) continued to go downhill. At midday, the storms had (died) (disintegrated) (disappeared) (died … Continue reading
Alabama Just Before 10 am
A long line of thunderstorms (not solid) extends all the way from East Ohio southwestward through: Kentucky Middle Tennessee Northwest Alasbama Northeast to southwest across Mississippi Into East Louisiana Movement generally east The line of storms now only a shadow … Continue reading
Alabama Rain Amounts
Received an email from a gentleman yesterday who is very interested in daily rain amounts. He is involved with a number of Stormwater projects. He often checks our blog for data but he thinks that we no longer post them … Continue reading
Persistent Visitors
Thunderstorms just won’t completely go away. Still another new batch of strong thunderstorms over SW Alabama late this afternoon. Sort of a long north-south string that extends from South Green County southward through Marengo and finally to Monroeville. Moving NE … Continue reading
Spotlight on Alaska
(A daily feature–well, most days) When the good ole USA bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, would you believe that we paid only two cents per acre? Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas and Alaska, alone, makes … Continue reading
