Some widely spaced showers and a few thunderstorms developed over East/Central Alabama. One of those was strong enough to prompt a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for these areas: SE Elmore County South/Central Tallapoosa County Western Macon County This includes the cities … Continue reading →

Not many showers or storms left across Alabama at 9:15 tonight. Several slow-movers were over Extreme North Alabama mainly over West Lawrence County and the SE edge of Franklin County. Another one over South Limestone. NWS in Huntsville posted a … Continue reading →

From NWS/Birmingham: In Russell County, in Phenix City, a trained storm spotter reported several trees uprooted at 7:01 pm in Fontaine Village. One large tree was blocking a roadway.

A thunderstorm continues to move down into North Jefferson County, but it also continues to weaken. Lightning activity has shown a decrease, especially during the last 30 mintues. Another thunderstorm was along the Jefferson/Tuscaloosa line near where Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and … Continue reading →

A line of scattered thunderstorms was across NW Alabama late this afternoon. Not a solid line, by any means. They extended from Lamar County NE across Marion and NW Winston Counties to along the Cullman/Morgan County line. Other scattered thunderstorms … Continue reading →

By far, the strongest thunderstorms remaining were over Extreme SE Mississippi. Mobile NWS Doppler shows that the thunderstorms over Extreme SW Alabama have weakened. Lightning detection equipment agrees. Still fairly strong storms, however. We will continue to watch just in … Continue reading →

Some of the strong to severe thunderstorms over SE Mississippi now approaching SW Alabama. Specifically, NWS in Mobile issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for West Central Choctaw County in SW Alabama until 5:45. The severe thunderstorm was 13 miles SE … Continue reading →

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch for a large part of Central Mississippi unti7 this evening. Warnings in effect as far east as the Mississippi/Alabama border. Some of the storms were crossing into West Alabama’s Sumter County, mainly the south part. A … Continue reading →

* 109 is the expected high temperature in Las Vegas tomorrow. * 112 was the high in Phoenix yesterday. * 114 is forecast for Phoenix both Saturday and Sunday with lows of 82 to 84. The entire desert has been … Continue reading →

The Storm Prediction Center received 209 reports of hail yesterday in Mid-America. Among the reports was hail stones the size of “cherries” near Pueblo, Colo. I have never seen that before. Back when I was in the USWB/NWS, I did … Continue reading →