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Another Flash Flood Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 136 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA… THIS … Continue reading →

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Early Afternoon in Alabama

It is a story of more very heavy rain and flash flooding in part of the Tennessee Valley. The Storm Prediction Center, in their updated discussion ,has now included North Alabama in a Slight Risk area between now and tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Flash Flood Warnings Extended

NWS/Huntsville has continues a Flash Flood Warning for Colbert County until 11:45. An extended Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Lauderdale, Lawrence and Limestone Counties until 1:45 this afternoon. The EMA in Lawrence County reported flash flooding at 10:30 … Continue reading →

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Flash Flooding Continues

At 10:15 this morning, it was still pouring rain over the western part of the Tennessee Valley in extreme North Alabama, especially from near Huntsville westward to Florence. This also included North Lawrence County. The National Weather Service in Huntsville … Continue reading →

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More Strong Storms

At mid morning, it was still raining very heavily over exreme North Alabama, especially from Decatur westward to Florence. These storms have been slow movers and seem to be at times redeveloping in the same spot. At mid morning it … Continue reading →

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Alabama at Rush Hour

Not a great deal going on. That large area of heavy showers and thunderstorms (the second one) that moved into NW Alabama last night, shows up at 7 this morning as a fairly narrow band of showers from east of … Continue reading →

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Storms Getting Tired

The main group of thunderstorms was finally crossing into West Jefferson County at 4 o’clock this morning. But they are weaker, having decreased in intensity considerably in just the last hour. Even so, Jefferson County is in line to get … Continue reading →

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Thunder Still Booming–3:40 am Report

Maybe not quite as much. Latest position report on the main cluster of thunderstorms is mostly across Walker County and SE Fayette County. Lots of lightning and thunder along with heavy rain draped across Walker County including places like Jasper, … Continue reading →

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Alabama at 2:40 am

The NW Alabama storms continue to march along. Still moving generally SE. The line of strong storms at 2:40 am was from south of Cullman, westward across South Winston County and then across the NW corner of Walker County near … Continue reading →

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As Midnight Approaches . . .

. . .Still plenty of fireworks over NW Alabama. A line of strong thunderstorms with an overdose of lightning extended across the NW part of the state from near Decatur to Russellville to NW of Hamilton. Earlier tonight, Hamilton had … Continue reading →

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