Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Alabama Quick Look 6:40 pm
An irregular line of showers and thunderstorms has been slowly working its way northward from Extreme South Alabama today. Still way down south. Possibly encouraged by a sea breeze. Some of the storms were strong. NWS in Mobile issued a … Continue reading
Special Statement, Birmingham Area
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 700 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2009 ALZ024-025-050045- JEFFERSON-SHELBY- 700 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2009 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT… AT 659 PM CDT…THE … Continue reading
Stubborn Storms, 6:30 Update
They are still hanging around early this evening, mainly at these locations: * Scattered ones across Hale County in West Alabama * Tuscaloosa County from east of Tuscaloosa eastward toward Brookwood and Vance in the east part of the county. … Continue reading
Several T-storms
Several fairly strong thunderstorms over Central Alabama late this afternoon. 1. From east of downtown Birmingham eastward generally along I-20 to near Irondale and beyond. Not severe but it has pockets of very heavy rain and possibly some strong gusty … Continue reading
Special Weather Statement
NWS/Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Alert for Jefferson and Shelby Counties until 5:00 p.m. They were tracking a strong thunderstorm that was near Regions Park at 4:19 p.m. (Also known as the Hoover Met.) This is near Helena and … Continue reading
Late Monday Morning in Alabama
A lazy cluster of showers persists over East Central Alabama late this morning. They like the scenery because they don’t want to leave. Briefly heavy rain. At 11:30, the main showers were: …..NE Talladega County …..North Calhoun Clounty …..South Cleburne … Continue reading
More Monday Storms
North Alabama is relatively quiet on this Monday morning, but not so down south. A Tornado Watch continues until 2:00 this afternoon for extreme South Alabama including the counties of Mobile eastward along the southern border to Dothan in the … Continue reading
Starting a New Week
What a weekend! But here we are starting a new week and today may be sort of a “recovery” day when we try to nurse our voices back to normal and fight body fatigue. All of us spent many long … Continue reading
Watch Cancelled
The NWS has cancelled the Tornado Watch for the remaining counties. However a Flash Flood WWatch continues for a number of counties over North and West Alabama. We will have lot more thunderstorms to contend with later today. The storms … Continue reading
Warning for Two More Counties
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 711 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA… … Continue reading
