Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Focus on NW Corner of Alabama
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 144 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA… … Continue reading
A Summer Evening in Alabama
Another very hot day but temperatures are slowly falling across Alabama this evening. But it is going to be a very warm night and another hot day for Sunday. Just before 8 o’clock this evening the only thunderstorms were some … Continue reading
The Alabama Steam Bath
At mid afternoon, virtually no showers or thunderstorms around the Alabama countryside. The main ones were centered near Albany, Ga., southward to Tallahassee and westward to Panama City. Lots of lightning. Just like yesterday, all of them moving toward the … Continue reading
Alabama Update at 8:35 pm
Thunderstorms almost non-existent at this hour. There is lots of lightning around Mobile especially West Mobile County. That cluster of thunderstorms was moving steadily westward headed for Extreme SE Mississippi. A cluster of storms was over West Central Alabama earlier–mainly … Continue reading
Too Hot For Man or Beast
Late on this Friday afternoon, we take a quick look at Alabama. As you guessed, heat is the most talked about but a few thunderstorms were also forming. At 4:45, based on lightning, the thunderstorms were ESE of Montgomery and … Continue reading
Outdoor Burning, Tornado Damage Areas
2011 Contact: Coleen Vansant 256-347-1785 Hank McKinley 205-288-3898 Terry Ezzell 205-385-2402 Safety Urged With Outdoor Burning In Tornado Damaged Areas 2:00 p.m. Gardendale – The Alabama Forestry Commission is urging everyone planning or considering outdoor burning in tornado damaged areas … Continue reading
Mother Nature Turns on the Heater
Warm is no longer the word. Getting plain ole hot across Alabama. These samples Monday afternoon: 92 Pinson 93 Huntsville 94 Calera, Decatur, Mobile, Montgomery 95 Anniston, Birmingham, Evergreen, Troy, Tuscaloosa 97 Dothan FEW OTHERS ELSEWHERE 98 San Antonio 100 … Continue reading
JB’s Journal–The Brent Tornado
It was late afternoon on a Sunday on May 27, 1973 and a major weather tragedy was about to unfold in West and Central Alabama. Around 5:20 pm, Alabama State Troopers reported that a tornado had touched down north of … Continue reading
Still Another Warning
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 156 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL … Continue reading
Alabama Very, Very Early Thursday
It has been a long night watching showers and thunderstorms march across Alabama. Around midnight a line of thunderstorms moved into the NW corner of the state and marched rapidly eastward. There was widespread damage across parts of the Tennessee … Continue reading
