At 11:00 this morning, it was still pouring rain over several counties in NE Alabama. However, the overall size of the big family of storms has decreased and the intensity has started going downhill. The heaviest rain was over Cherokee … Continue reading →

FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1027 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… … Continue reading →

…and they are still pounding away over NE Alabama although, overall, not quite as strong. At 10 am the main storms that were dumping the most rain were: North Blount County South and SW Etowah East Calhoun Most of Cherokee … Continue reading →

At 9:15 am, this is where the main thunderstorms in Alabama were pounding away: East Cullman County North and Central Blount Etowah Part of madison and Marshall Dekalb Cherokee North Calhoun Some of the very strongest storms were: * Along … Continue reading →

Updated at 8:40 to mention new Significant Weather Alerts for Blount and Cullman County. Here is one of the Alerts, Similar weather in both counties: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 832 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 … Continue reading →

UPDATED 7:48 AM FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS * NWS, Huntsville issues Significant Weather Alert for Cullman County until 8:30 and for Dekalb and marshall County until 8:15 ORIGINAL TEXT: At 7:40 am, the line of strong thunderstorms was crossing North Blount … Continue reading →

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 716 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 ALZ017-011315- BLOUNT- 716 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 ..SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BLOUNT COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM CDT AT 714 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER … Continue reading →

Line of storms with lots of lightning and locally heavy rain now extends from East Cullman County, northeastward to about Guntersville and Fort Payne. Line of storms now moving into West Blount County. Will affect Gadsden and Etowah County later. … Continue reading →

..SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DEKALB JACKSON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CDT… AT 655 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIGDON TO CHIGGER HILL TO UNION GROVE TO JOPPA…OR ALONG … Continue reading →

A line of strong storms continues to push eastward across Extreme North Alabama. The western end of that line of storms also continues to build southward. So, at 6:35, am, the line of storms extends from Winston and NW Cullman … Continue reading →