BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 821 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL … Continue reading →

Pouring rain now in parts of North and NW Alabama. Heaviest rain is in a west to east zone across parts of Lamar, Fayette and Walker County. Moving steadily east. Some of this heavier rain should reach parts of the … Continue reading →

Blanket of clouds covers much of the state, especially the north and central counties. This has held all the thermometers in check. Noon temperatures were only 50 in the Birmingham area. Even chillier in the Tennessee Valley and Extreme North; … Continue reading →

I received a very nice email from a lady that is a great fan of the ABC 33/40 weather blog and all of our weather material. She had some interesting thoughts on the two-tiered tornado warnings. I got her permission … Continue reading →

The big eye in the sky shows that a blanket of clouds covers nearly the north 3/4ths of Alabama late this morning. Based on radar images, rain is falling over about the north third of the state, BUT! Not all … Continue reading →

How would you like to be in either of these places? BEARING SEA NEAR ST PAUL ISLAND ALASKA Hurricane Force Wind Warning Wednesday South wind sustained 70 mph after midnight. Wednesday…west wind sustained 80 mph diminishing in the afternoon. 26-foot … Continue reading →

This is not one of those super-duper three-foot-long lists of cold temperatures in Alabama this morning. We try to save those for cold waves. (There is that term again) Anyway, here is a “modest” list of lows. I awoke at … Continue reading →

I do not know why I am so fascinated by Alaska. I have never been there. I guess it is because of the temperature extremes and Alaska is, by far, our largest state, If you overlay a map of Alaska … Continue reading →

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 300 PM CST THU FEB 19 2009 ..SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA …SURVEY TEAMS HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE DAY. RESULTS WILL BE EVALUATED AND A REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED … Continue reading →

We look around the Alabama countryside and we see that line of thunderstorms still being a troublemaker down over the southern counties. The line extended from SW Alabama northeastward to between Montgomery and Troy to near Phenix City. Eastern part … Continue reading →