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Alabama at Mid Afternoon

That area of showers over SW Alabama is still there, although the showers are moving toward the SE. This inlcudes a thunderstorm with locally heavy rain over South Clarke County and moving into Monroe County. Meanwhile, over on the east … Continue reading →

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Early Afternoon in Alabama

From the shores of our friend, the Gulf of Mexico, northward to the Banks of the big Tennessee River, moist air covers Alabama somewhat like a wet blanket. Dew points (by far the best indicator of moisture) were inn the … Continue reading →

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7:50 pm in Alabama

Band of showers and some thunderstorms across South Alabama moving generally northward. At 7:50 pm, they extended from west of Troy westward to North Wilcox County. The heaviest rain was over Extreme NW Wilcox County about 20 miles NW of … Continue reading →

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Early Evening in Alabama

North and Central Alabama are virtually free of showers at this hour, but there is a band of showers and thunderstorms across Central and South Mississippi and some of those have moved into SW Alabama. The heaviest rain in Alabama … Continue reading →

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Mid Afternoon in Alabama

That fairly short band of showers and thunderstorms that formed over West Central Alabama this morning was still ever-so-slowly moving NE this afternoon. At mid-afternoon, the band of showers and storms extended from Marion and Winston County in NW Alabama, … Continue reading →

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Tuscaloosa Warning Cancelled

NWS cancelled the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Tuscaloosa County because the storms weakened some. Still some very heavy rain and possible strong gusty winds moving NE and mostly north of the Tuscaloosa-Northport areas. Also some strong storms over South Lamar … Continue reading →

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Tuscaloosa County Warning

ULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1115 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL … Continue reading →

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Followup on Severe Thunderstorm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1053 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY… (The warning for Extreme South Lamar cancelled) AT 1053 AM … Continue reading →

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Two Small T-Storms–Possibly Severe

NWS/Birmingham has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… ….Extreme SW Lamar County ….North Pickens County In West Central Alabama until 11:15 am. The storm one of only one or two in the state was near Carrollton in Pickens County and … Continue reading →

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What Is A Weather Geek?

For years, we have sort of referred to ourselves as weather geeks, because most of us have a very avid interest in the weather regardless if we work in it professionally or just consider it a hobby. Some folks just … Continue reading →

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