Author Archives: J.B. Elliott

Thunderstorms Awake Very Early

By 3 am, Alabama thunderstorms were awake and making noise very early on this Thursday morning. A thunderstorm with loud thunder was in progress over NE Jefferson County in the Trussville with very heavy rain. However, a west-east line of … Continue reading →

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Alabama This Evening–6:50 pm Report

That cluster of thunderstorms with very heavy rain that crossed the Georgia border into Northeast Alabama a few hours ago is still progressing toward the southwest. At 6:50 pm, the storms were entering North Talladega County and quickly moving into … Continue reading →

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Late Afternoon in Alabama

Showers and some thunderstorms over part of West Alabama have increased and some are dumping very heavy rain. The showers and storms extend from Fayette and Walker County southward across Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Greene and Hale County. Moving toward the west … Continue reading →

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Early Afternoon Across Heat Wary Alabama

A cluster of showers and thunderstorms has taken all morning moving slowly SW across Central Alabama. At 12:35 pm, here is where they are. * From South Tallapoosa County, they extend SW to just north of Montgomery and then SW … Continue reading →

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Weather By The Numbers 7/20/11

* 39 was the 5 am temperature at North Pole, Alaska. Kristie Calvin, the 33/40 Skywatcher happened to wake up at 5 and checked the thermometer.. At least there is some cool weather left on this old earth! * 36 … Continue reading →

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Early Action, East Alabama

Early showers and a few thunderstorms in progress over East Alabama and a few over West Alabama. A nice cluster of showers and a few thunderstorms moved out of West Georgia into East Alabama earlier this morning. At 7:30 am, … Continue reading →

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Late Friday Night Update

Interesting circulation to our south. A low pressure area has formed along the Alabama-NW Florida Coast. As a result, showers are circulating around the low. They are moving WNW from South Georgia and NW Florida, then curving toward the west … Continue reading →

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Late Afternoon Across Alabama

Late this afternoon, scattered showers and thunderstorms were in progress in almost all sections of Alabama. By far the more numerous ones were over South and Southeast Alabama especially from about Montgomery, Troy and Dothan eastward into Georgia. That is … Continue reading →

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Last Night’s Downpours

There was a significant flash-flood event in parts of East and Northeast Alabama overnight extending to as late as 2 and 3 o’clock this morning. At one time, numerous streets and roads around Gadsden were flooded. Here we go with … Continue reading →

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Northeast Alabama Flooding

As of 3 o’clock on this Friday morning, over one inch of rain at Anniston Airport and over 1.60 inches at Gadsden Airport. Flash Flood Warnings were issued for the area and some earlier reports indicated that some roads in … Continue reading →

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