BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008 1000 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008 …EDOUARD STRENGTHENS AND TURNS WEST-NORTHWESTWARD… AT 10 PM CDT…0300 UTC…THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED EAST OF GRAND ISLE … Continue reading →

ALABAMA There is an old, old West Alabama saying, “scarce as hen’s teeth” which describes the number of showers around this evening. In fact, a few minutes ago a small but moderate shower was moving out of West Marion County … Continue reading →

BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008 400 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008 …EDOUARD GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED…TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REACH THE COAST OF LOUISIANA… A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN … Continue reading →

Only showers at 3:40 pm were over the SW corner of the state. Lower dew points over the north, in the 60s, tempered the heat index this afternoon. Here is a selection of 3 pm observations: 97 in Muscle Shoals … Continue reading →

ALABAMA Only showers or thunderstorms in progress across Alabama at 1:15: Over Mobile and Baldwin County and not very numerous. I noticed one buoy report notfar off the Louisiana Coast reporting a wind gust of 52 mph from the west. … Continue reading →

First, a brief ALABAMA UPDATE The state is quiet at 10 am. No showers or storms, except possibly one of two just off the coast south of Mobile County. Now…Edouard (pronounced “Ed-ward”) ————————————————————————————– BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER 5 … Continue reading →

Not muchchange in the last several hours: LOCATION Latitude 28.1 Longitude 90.3 80 miles SSW of Grand Isle, La. Moving west 8 mph WINDS Sustained max winds 50 mph WATCHES/WARNINGS Tropical Storm Warning from the mouth of the Mississippi River … Continue reading →

BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008 400 AM CDT MON AUG 04 2008 …EDOUARD CONTINUES WESTWARD WHILE BECOMING MORE ORGANIZED… AT 4 AM CDT…0900 UTC…THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED WESTWARD TO … Continue reading →

* NWS has cancelled Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Blount Jefferson Walker Storms moved south. Warning continues until 7 for: Calhoun Etowah St. Clair Bill will now be doing the blog updates…

UPDATED TO CORRECT WEAVER TOTAL AND ADD OTHERS A wide swath from North/Central Alabama looked like the US-280 at rush hour, except it was thunderstorms instead of cars. Earlier, a big bunch of storms had moved down from the Tennessee … Continue reading →