The line of strong thunderstorms now moving through the Birmingfham area. The strongest part of the line is mostly within Jefferson County extending from near Morris and Warrior in the north across Downtown Birmingham and just east of downtown to … Continue reading →

This is short of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. It is used to described some very strong thunderstorms, however: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 458 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ALZ015-023>025-034-122345- BIBB-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER- 458 PM CST TUE FEB … Continue reading →

Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues until 5 for part of Tuscaloosa County At 4:45 pm, the main line of thunderstorms now east of Northport and Tuscaloosa moving into the east part of the county. The line is now approaching the far … Continue reading →

Tuscaloosa Fire Department reports power lines down in the 500 block of 12th Avenue in Tuscaloosa. Here is the warning… BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 426 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 … Continue reading →

Wind gust to 63 mph within the last few minutes at Demopolis SkyCam. Here is a Special Weather Statement from NWS/Birmingham: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 420 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ALZ023-024-034-122300- BIBB-JEFFERSON-TUSCALOOSA- 420 PM … Continue reading →

Well, not officially but I am 98% sure it happened once but official weather instruments were not in the right place to record it. (In the Weather History menu, be sure and read Bill Murray’s excellent account about the Mother … Continue reading →

(Usually, 95% weather, but also some other stuff.) (Updated 12:10 pm) (First, scroll down and see the excellent post David Black furnished from Rex Free, a ham radio operator from Lawrence County. It is a call to action to never … Continue reading →

In my many years in the National Weather Service, I became accustomed to watching weather events in the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territory of Canada. Specifically, in winter I used to keep a close check on Dawson and Mayo in … Continue reading →

Showers and storms ended over the NW half of the state. A line of showers and thunderstorms extended from near Atlanta southwest through East Central Alabama and down south to about Montgomery, Brewton and Gulf Shores. Moving slowly SE. Lightning … Continue reading →

NWS/Birmingham just issued a Tornado Warning for Cleburne County until 8 am. That is as far as you can go into East Alabama and not be in Georgia. It includes the city of Heflin. Very heavy rain was falling over … Continue reading →