Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Weather By The Numbers
* 0% is how much of Alabama’s pasture and range land was in very poor condition as of today. Only 6% was in poor condition. That is quite a turn-around from last year at this time. * 60 percent of … Continue reading
Another Warning
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 525 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL … Continue reading
Alabama at 5:20 am
Line of thunderstorms extends from Double Springs, in Winston County southwestward to Jasper, to just west of Tuscaloosa and across South Pickens County. In Extreme North Alabama, the NWS in Huntsville issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NE Madison County … Continue reading
Alabama at 4:40 am . . .
North part of the line of thunderstorms already well into NW Alabama. Heavy rain and lightning now over several NW Alabama counties. To the south, the line of storms was crossing the Mississippi-Alabama border into West Alabama’s Pickens, Fayette and … Continue reading
New Tornado Watch
It goes until 11 o’clock this morning for the following areas: * Extreme SW Alabama (only 3 counties) * South Mississippi * SE Louisiana. The Alabama counties: Choctaw Washington Mobile That is the only part of Alabama that is under … Continue reading
3:30 am Quick Look at Alabama
The long line of thunderstorms that we have been tracking all night now extends from NW Alabama southwestward to near Columbus and Jackson in Mississippi and into Central Louisiana. Moving eastward and appears to finally be moving a bit faster. … Continue reading
First Warning in Alabama
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 248 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA… … Continue reading
2 am Position Report
At 2 am, our solid line of intense thunderstorms extended from SW Tennessee across NE Mississippi, SW across North and Central Mississippi, then into NE and Central Louisiana. In tense lightning continues unabated, At 2 there were 16 counties near … Continue reading
A Busy, Busy Friday
Just to show you how extremely busy the NWS Storm Prediction Center was Friday, this is how many severe weather reports they received: 53 tornado reports 67 hail reports 56 wind reports Of course, that number will be adjusted later … Continue reading
Severe Weather Reports
This is just a small sample, mainly from Mississippi: * At 12:48 am, Grenada County EMA reported thunderstorm wind damage, power lines down near Holcomb. * A number of Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings current. * 12:52 am, hail the … Continue reading
