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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 611 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… … Continue reading →

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Watch Cancellation

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH – NUMBER 149 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 703 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 149 ISSUED AT 1020 AM EDT FOR … Continue reading →

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New Tornado Watch

Here is the full text of the latest Tornado Watch (No. 151) URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 100 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS … Continue reading →

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Tornado Watch No. 151

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a new Tornado Watch that goes until 8:00 tonight CDT for a number of counties in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. This new watch also includes extreme North Alabama. The Alabama counties included are: Colbert … Continue reading →

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Alabama Update at 8 am

Those strong thunderstorms now limited to SE Alabama but some of them are still severe. The Tornado Watch continues for part of that area until 10 am. These additional notes: * There general area around Mobile has had more than … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning Down South

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 453 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA… SOUTH CENTRAL … Continue reading →

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From BFD Station One

This note is from Steve Elliott, my son who is with Birmingham Fire Department, Station One, Downtown: Saw that you are still up updating the blog. Here’s my report. I can tell you that the city fire department has been … Continue reading →

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 430 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA… … Continue reading →

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More Windy, Windy Notes

This interesting email from our 33/40 Skywatcher in Gardendale/Mount olive. Received it at 2:31 am: I am at work, but my son just “text” me and said transformer are “blowing” right and left in the Mount Olive/Gardendale Area…with wind gust … Continue reading →

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A Look at Alabama at 3:30 am

It has been quite a night in Alabama. I feel sure that if we could get an actual count, we would find that thousands of trees were uprooted across the state tonight. NWS continues the High Wind Warning until 4 … Continue reading →

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