Tornado Watch No. 257 continues until 7 am today for… Southeast Arkansas North and East Louisiana Large part of North and Central Mississippi NWS/Jackson issued a Tornado Warning until 1:30 for parts of these counties in Central and North Central … Continue reading →

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 257 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1140 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS PARTS … Continue reading →

At 11:30 tonight, that long line of intense thunderstorms extended from West Tennessee and NW Mississippi down across Extreme SE Arkansas and NW Louisiana. The forward movement of this line of storms has slowed. Which allows extremely heavy rain to … Continue reading →

The NWS in Mobile has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Saturday for these areas: ….Southeast Mississippi ….Southwest Alabama ….Northwest Florida As a cold front slowly approaches Saturday, moist air will be streaming northward from the Gulf of Mexico. Rain … Continue reading →

NWS in both Huntsville and Birmingham are canceling the Tornado Watch that was in effect until midnight for 12 NW Alabama counties. Canceled because the severe thunderstorms that were over the NW corner of Alabama moved NE into Tennessee. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 850 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA… WESTERN LAUDERDALE … Continue reading →

Yes, all on the same day. SEVERE WEATHER Scroll down just below this to see the resume of today’s severe weather from James including a report of three fatalities in Arkansas. At 1:20 this afternoon there were few, if any … Continue reading →

Very few showers in Alabama late this morning. A few mainly near the Tennessee border. They are part of a cluster of showers and thunderstorms over West/Central Tennessee. All of them are moving NE. By far, the main action is … Continue reading →

A lone thunderstorm has moved into the NW corner of Alabama and at 9:20 a.m. was over Central Lauderdale County. Other showers were moving into Colbert and Franklin Counties. All were moving toward the NE. However, the big picture is … Continue reading →

Easy to miss one on a clear “still” night in this part of the country. Varied terrain, all the hills, ridges, valleys, you name it. Long, long time ago, before I was lucky enough to get in the USWB/NWS, I … Continue reading →