We call it illegal because it was not forecast. All rain, we thought. We were wrong, we “wuz robbed!” It had never snowed in Birmingham in April. We assumed the very late snow of March 25, 1924, when Birmingham got … Continue reading →

Two things to celebrate today. 1. The lack of significant severe weather (even though we had strong straight-line winds) 2. Another good rain event I think we should celebrate each big rain event until the drought is over. Finally, when … Continue reading →

North and West Alabama are getting a break from rain, although some locally heavy showers continue over the NE corner of the state mainly in Jackson County. The line of showers and thunderstorms producing the heavier rain extended at 12:30 … Continue reading →

I am sure our drought is angry. We have chipped away some more today on his hold on Alabama. At 11:00 a.m., a big part of North, NW and West/Central Alabama was getting a break from the rain. By far, … Continue reading →

A broad band of showers and thunderstorms continued to move eastward across Alabama this morning. At 9:30 am most of the action was in a wide band extending generally from Huntsville and Scottsboro in NE Alabama down through Central and … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 912 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL … Continue reading →

That line of strong to severe thunderstorms was finally crossing the Mississippi-Alabama border at 7 o’clock this morning. Overall, the line of storms has weakened a bit. The NWS Storm Prediction Center and NWS/Birmingham had a pow-wow and reached a … Continue reading →

Main line of thunderstorms still over in Mississippi. At 5:30 am, the line extended almost due north-south from near Oxford south to Eupora to about half way between Jackson and meridian to near Hattiesburg in the south. NWS/Jackson has Tornado … Continue reading →

Please scroll down to previous post for information on current watches and the SPC outlook. At 4:20 am, a long north-south line of thunderstorms had advanced about half-way across Mississippi and will eventually reach West Alabama toward daybreak or not … Continue reading →

No thunderstorms in Alabama at 2 o’clock very early on this Wednesday morning. The line of intense thunderstorms has moved into West Mississippi and the NWS in both Memphis and Jackson has issued several Tornado Warning including several counties in … Continue reading →