Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Late Afternoon Update–4:30 Report
Scattered thunderstorms continue mainly over Central and South Alabama late this afternoon. Some of the storms are strong dumping locally heavy rain and dangerous lightning. The storms are moving fairly slow giving them time to give some communities beneficial rain. … Continue reading
Alabama at 3 pm
There was a band of scattered showers and thunderstorms across South Alabama at mid-afternoon, extending from near the Mississippi to the Georgia border. Specifically, from Sumter County eastward to generally the Selma, Montgomery, Troy, Union Springs areas. A couple of … Continue reading
Strong Storms SE Alabama
There has been a considerable increase in moisture across Central and South Alabama today and thunderstorms were increasing, especially over the SE counties this afternoon. So much so that the NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central Barbour … Continue reading
Showers Developing
If you have been outside today, you can feel the higher humidity and the net result is, Bingo! We have showers developing. Shortly after 1 o’clock, the radar landscape looked like this: * Several showers over West Alabama including one … Continue reading
Weather by the Numbers 6/24/08
* 2 million is the estimated number of acres of farmland that were flooded in Mid-America that was used for planting corn. There is virtually no recovery of this corn crop. Even the taller corn will rot from the roots … Continue reading
Wind Damage
In Extreme NE Alabama, the Jackson County EMA reports thunderstorm wind damage at 3:58 pm (time estimated) near Estillfork in North Jackson County. Trees were also uprooted. This small community is quite a ways up the Paint Rock River Valley … Continue reading
Thunderstorm Progress Report
That line of showers and thunderstorms continues to move SE across North/Central Alabama. At 5:20 p.m., the line extended from North Walker County to south of Cullman across North Blount County to DeKalb County. The strongest storms were over DeKalb … Continue reading
4:40 pm Quick Look
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Jackson County in the NE corner of Alabama expired. At 4:40, a line of showers and storms extended cross North Alabama from Winston and NW Cullman County to north of Guntersville and into Jackson and … Continue reading
Alabama at Mid Afternoon
Thunderstorms Extreme NW getting stronger. The Storm Prediction Center issued an updated discussion that some of the storms could produce hail and strong winds. They do not anticipate a formal Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Meanwhile, NWS/Huntsville has issued another Significant Weather … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update 2:40 pm
NWS Huntsville posted a Significant Weather Alert for Colbert County in Extreme NW Alabama until 3:15. Based on a strong thunderstorm 7 miles SW of Cherokee moving SE at 25. It could possibly produce 1/2 inch diameter hail and gusts … Continue reading
