Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
A Short Final Update
Just before 11 PM, Radar showed an increase in showers over part of West Central and NW Alabama. Best radar indication was over NE Marion County. Some of that probably reaching the ground. Moving east and NE. This will probably … Continue reading
Alabama at 10 o’clock Tonight
Quiet is the word late tonight. Radar paints a few light showers but not reaching the ground. A long curved line of showers existed all the way from North Minnesota down across Wisconsin, Chicago, Indianapolis, to Memphis and Shreveport. A … Continue reading
The Great March 21, 1932 Disaster
Alabama has experienced a number of tornado disasters over the years. The March 21, 1932 event still stands out as our most tragic, yes, even worse than the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974. Back in the 1970s, I spent … Continue reading
Weather By The Numbers 3/19/09
* 8% is how much of the USA (lower 48 states) was getting rain this morning. That is my eyeball estimate from watching closely a nationwide composite radar chart. Most of that is in a line of showers from SE … Continue reading
Still Raining at Midday
in most areas of the state, that is. However, over about the north 25% of the state, most of the rain has ended. This includes most areas north of the Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Ft. Payne line. Rain continues extensive down … Continue reading
Alabama at 4:30 am
Much of Alabama wet again as dawn gets closer early on this Monday morning. Rain became widespread during th night although the extreme NW counties getting very little. The precipitation was moving NE but the wide band of rain and … Continue reading
At The Stroke of Midnight
In the very first minutes of Monday morning, rain was spreading fairly quickly into Alabama from the southwest. The rain was increasing across Central and South Mississippi and moving into West and Central Alabama. The heaviest rain (moderate to heavy) … Continue reading
Alabama at 9 o’clock Tonight
Another round of rain and showers. At 9 pm, a fairly large area of showers extended all the way from Galveston and the Upper Texas Coast northeastward across South Louisiana into Central and South Mississippi. Some moderate to heavy rain … Continue reading
Late Afternoon in Alabama
It turned out to be a nice day for much of Alabama after all. At 4:30 this afternoon, the rain had moved out of all of Alabama except a little tiny corner of the SE. Sun broke through in many … Continue reading
Time to Get Out of Bed!
ALABAMA UPDATE AS OF 6:45 AM The SE half of Alabama getting almost all of the rain early this morning. Heaviest rain at 6:45 was in a broad band from about Mobile northeastward to Montgomery, Auburn and Opelika. Most of … Continue reading
