NWS/Birmingham has issued a Special Weather Statement, or Significant Weather Alert for Jefferson and Shelby County. Here is the text: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 648 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2008 ALZ024-025-220030- JEFFERSON-SHELBY- 648 PM CDT … Continue reading →

Widely spaced showers and a few thunderstorms developed over West Central and NW Alabama late this afternoon and this evening. At 6:30 pm, they were located over Marion, Fayette and Lamar County and a lone shower just east of Tuscaloosa. … Continue reading →

In the vast ocean of heat and humidity covering Alabama, a few thunderstorms were developing this afternoon over about the south half of the state. Two of the main storms: * Along the Dallas/Autauga County line. * Over Macon County … Continue reading →

First, this note from Bill Crouch, NWS retired and now living in the Phoenix area. Bill served as the MIC, NWS, New Orleans at one time and is very interested (for obvious reasons) ————————————————————————————- There is rapid expansion of the … Continue reading →

Mainly because she is a Gulf of Mexico tropical storm destined to become a hurricane. She is projected to become a hurricane later tomorrow as she reaches the West Central Gulf of Mexico. The projected path takes Dolly inland later … Continue reading →

Not as many and not as heavy, but a few widely scattered showers were still in progress early this evening. At 7 pm, the widely scattered showers were mostly across Central Alabama including a few in the Greater Birmingham area. … Continue reading →

That family of showers that developed over North Central Alabama before noon, took all afternoon to move down into West Central and SW Alabama. At 5 pm, those showers were scattered from Lamar County southward through Pickens, Greene, Wilcox, Choctaw … Continue reading →

At 3:15, scattered showers continued mainly over west Alabama and they have weakened in intensity. Very little lightning, if any. The showers are scattered generally from Tuscaloosa to Livingston. They were as far south as Marion, Demopolis, Linden and Livingston. … Continue reading →

Those widely spaced showers that formed over North/Central Alabama late this morning, continue to move toward the SSW. The family of showers has not only increased in number, but also they have grown stronger. At 1:50 p.m., most of the … Continue reading →

They were developing acrosas North Central Alabama at midday. Not a whole bunch of them. You could push all of them together and they would not cover one of the smallest counties. But some communities getting brief moderate to heavy … Continue reading →