Those pesky showers and thunderstorms hanging touch across Alabama late tonight. A number of places around the state still getting lots of lightning and heavy rain as late as 10:45 pm. These notes: ….Strongest storms in the state were clustered … Continue reading →

Although thunderstorms, overall, have decreased in strength, several parts of Alabama still getting storms that produce heavy rain and a lot more lightning than anyone wants. Examples: + From east of Russellville across Lawrence, Morgan County to Guntersville. + West … Continue reading →

NOTE: Scroll down for some South Texas spot reports. These will get very interesting as Dolly gets closer to landfall: ———————————————————————————- BULLETIN HURRICANE DOLLY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042008 700 PM CDT TUE JUL … Continue reading →

New Braunfels…wind SE 36 Brownsville…Cloudy, wind north 20 McAllen…cloudy, NE 17 Corpus Christi…Mostly cloudy, east 17, gusts 23 Sabine Pass…east 6, sea surface temperature (SST) a hot 92 Data Buoy, 200 miles east Port Isabel, SE 36, gusts 40, 14 … Continue reading →

The thunderstorms keep coming at us, It is true that the original line of storms was pushing into South Alabama. At 7:40, the irregular line of storms extended generally along the Livingston-Demopolis-Selma line to south of Montgomery. * NWS posted … Continue reading →

The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Chilton and Coosa County in Central Alabama expired at 6:30 pm. The main line of showers and thunderstorms has shifted down into Central Alabama but it is an irregular line and sort of crooked with … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 527 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EAST CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL … Continue reading →

* NWS/Birmingham issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Marion County in NW Alabama until 5:30. It was based on a severe thunderstorm near Hackleburg moving SE at 25. It could produce penny-size hail and winds over 60. * Severe Thunderstorm … Continue reading →

The NWS has cancelled the Severe Thunderstorm Watch for these additional Alabama counties: ….Blount ….Cherokee ….Etowah ….Fayette ….Walker ….Winston At 4:50 some of the stronger thunderstorms extended in a string from NE Tuscaloosa southeastward across South Shelby into Coosa County. … Continue reading →

* Mike Calloway, 33/40 Skywatcher for Weaver (Calhoun County) reports 1.09 inches of rain–the first one-inch rain event since the first week of May. * Flooding reported in the parking lots of Gadsden State Community College–estimated over an inch of … Continue reading →