Author Archives: J.B. Elliott

Dekalb County Warning Extended

First, a damage report: The EMA at Fyfe, in Dekalb County, reported utility poles down at the intersection of County Roads 72 and 50 near Fyffe at 3:40 pm. Here is the extended warning: BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE … Continue reading →

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Long Distance (Severe) Thunderstorm

UPDATED 4:45 PM One lone thunderstorm over North Alabama late this afternoon. It is centered near Fort Payne in Extreme NE Alabama. However, I was driving the length of Deerfoot Parkway in the Trussville area a few minutes ago and … Continue reading →

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Noisy Saturday Morning Wakeup

A short line of thunderstorms with lots of thunder and lightning has moved SE across Jefferson County. At 7:45 am the line of storms was continuing toward the SE moving across North Shelby. Behind the line is another rain area … Continue reading →

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A Late Night Look

Here in Central Alabama, all of the showers and thunderstorms have fizzled into an area of light to moderate showers. By far, the remaining thunderstorms at 10:40 pm were in NW Alabama with the strongest ones over NE Franklin and … Continue reading →

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Fresh Information For South Cullman

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 802 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008 ALZ016-260145- CULLMAN- 802 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT… AT 802 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER … Continue reading →

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Thunderstorm Head Count at 9 pm

They come and go, they intensify and weaken. Here is a list of the main ones at 9 o’clock tonight: * Franklin/Colbert County storms weaker. It was those that triggered a Flash Flood Warning for Franklin County earlier tonight. * … Continue reading →

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Special Statement/Cullman County

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 802 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008 ALZ016-260145- CULLMAN- 802 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT… AT 802 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER … Continue reading →

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Reports From Buhl and Fayette

This report from Ronnie and Linda Mason in the Buhl community. Buhl is located in West Tuscaloosa County, west of the Tuscaloosa/Northport area and between Tuscaloosa and Gordo: ————————————————————————————- Buhl–during your first weather forecast at 5:18PM today, we were getting … Continue reading →

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Another Update on Storms

Still pouring rain over several parts of West and NW Alabama at 7:45 this evening. Pinpointing some of the locations: ….Franklin County where a Flash Flood Warning is posted until 9 pm ….Fayette County ….Walker County ….East Tuscaloosa County ….Southwest … Continue reading →

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Big Storms

Thunderstorms grew stronger early this evening over NW and West Alabama. Storms producing very heavy rain and lots of dangerous lightning were in these areas at 7:10 pm: Fayette County Walker County East Tuscaloosa County Southwest Jefferson County Russell County … Continue reading →

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