SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 534 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 ALZ006-007-009-011130- JACKSON-MADISON-MORGAN- 534 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 ..SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JACKSON MADISON AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT… AT 532 AM … Continue reading →

Most of Alabama is dry at this very early hour. However, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms were in progress over the extreme north mostly from about Russellville and Florence eastward to about the Huntsville area. Moving toward the ENE. … Continue reading →

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT…CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 848 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009 ALZ002-003-010230- COLBERT-FRANKLIN- 848 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT… AT 845 PM … Continue reading →

* 31 days until the official beginning of the 2009 hurricane season. It is rare to have one in progress that early, however. (June 1) * 10 September is the most likely date that tropical storms or hurricanes will be … Continue reading →

Widely separated showers continue late this afternoon over parts of North Central and Northwest Alabama. Erratic movement with some of them decreasing and redeveloping. Main showers at 4:35 pm were: * North edge of Marion County in NW Alabama * … Continue reading →

Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms moved into NW and part of West Central Alabama early this afternoon. At 1:30 pm, they were indicated from Tuscaloosa County northward through Walker and Winston County. They were slightly more numerous over the … Continue reading →

* Hottest place in the good ole USA today was places not normally bestowed that honor. It was 97 in Leesburg, Virginia and Toms River, New Jersey. * Coldest this morning, not counting Alaska, was 11 at Yellowstone Lake inside … Continue reading →

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0546 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0203 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009 AREAS AFFECTED…MIDDLE/EASTERN TN…EXTREME NORTHEAST AL AND NORTHWESTERN GA CONCERNING…SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH UNLIKELY VALID 231903Z – 232100Z BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS … Continue reading →

Statement from NWS/ Birmingham PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…CORRECTED FOR ALABASTER EF-0 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 225 PM CDT WED APR 22 2009 ..TEN TORNADOES CONFIRMED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THREE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAMS FANNED OUT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA … Continue reading →

Yes, one of sorts, but not an earthshaking event like our two earthquakes. Tomorrow morning is the latest in the year that Birmingham has ever recorded a temperature freezing or lower. The record for April 23 is 30 in 1986. … Continue reading →