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Alabama at 6:10 pm

Widely spaced storms over Central and South Alabama continue this evening. Virtually no storms from Birmingham northward to the Tennessee Border. Just a few of the stronger ones: * Centreville-Brent area in Bibb County * SE Shelby County near Columbiana … Continue reading →

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Another Warning

There are now two separate Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for Chilton County, one until 5:15 and the other one until 5:30. —————————————————————————————— BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 440 PM CDT WED AUG 6 … Continue reading →

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First Warning of the Day

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 437 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… … Continue reading →

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Storms Stronger Downstate

Several strong storms now over Central Alabama. * SW Coosa County * Along the Chambers-Lee County line on the east side of the state. NWS has Significant Weather Alerts for Coosa and Lee County until 5:15. This usually means strong … Continue reading →

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In The Heat of the Afternoon

Some widely spaced thunderstorms were developing in Alabama this afternoon, mostly over the central and south part of the state. Most of them were from about Perry, Montgomery and Lee Counties southward. Mind you, they were not especially numerous and … Continue reading →

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Latest on TD Edouard

PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 13 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL052008 1000 AM CDT WED AUG 06 2008 …TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD WEAKENING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS… FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE COUNTY…HAMILTON COUNTY…AND … Continue reading →

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Edouard This Afternoon

FIRST, A FEW SPOT REPORTS BASED ON 1 PM OBSERVATIONS Beaumont…cloudy, wind south 21, gusts 37 Houston/Bush…steady rain, wind NW 21, gusts 28 Houston/Hobby…steady rain…wind west 20, gusts 26 Galveston…cloudy, wind west 24, gusts 32 Buoy 30 miles south of … Continue reading →

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10 am Advisory on Sir Edouard

SPOT REPORTS 10 AM CDT (All wind reports in MPH) Beaumont…steady rain, wind SE 32, gusts 45 Orange…cloudy, wind SE 20, gusts 26 Alexandria, La.,..cloudy, wind SE 21 Lake Charles, La.,…cloudy, wind SE 18, gusts 30 Houston/Bush…heavy rain, wind NW … Continue reading →

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Edouard (“Ed-Ward”) at 7 am

Scroll down for the 7 am advisory but, first, some 7 am SPOT REPORTS (all wind speeds in MPH. Houston/Hobby Airport…steady rain, wind NW at 15 Orange…cloudy, wind east 26, gusts 36 Port Arthur…rain, wind east 30, gusts 46, 3/4 … Continue reading →

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Tropical Storm Edouard at Daybreak

The latest advisory is below, but a note about the future track. NHC projects landfall on the Upper Texas Coast between Galveston and Port Arthur. Then the patch is toward the NW right through the heart of Texas to a … Continue reading →

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