Shortly after 6:00 this evening, it was raining in almost every county over the west half of Alabama. It was pouring rain in the West Alabama counties of Lamar, Fayette, Marion and Pickens and moderate to heavy rain had spread … Continue reading →

Rather brisk winds are blowing across the state tonight. The wind will be shifting to the west and NW after midnight and early tomorrow morning as a cold front comes through. A Lake Wind Advisory is in effect. The winds … Continue reading →

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Northwestern Mobile County in southwest Alabama… Southern Washington County in southwest Alabama… * until 545 PM CST * at 442 PM CST… National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing penny … Continue reading →

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 31 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BUTLER CONECUH COVINGTON CRENSHAW ESCAMBIA MONROE WILCOX IN … Continue reading →

* NWS/Jackson continues Tornado Warning for Forest County in SE Mississippi until 4:45. * Further north, power outages were reported in Meridian around the College Park area. Thanks to WTOK-TV for that report. It was apparently from strong gusty winds … Continue reading →

Showers were increasing over NW and West Alabama late this afternoon. At 4:15 pm, most of those extended from near Tuscaloosa all the way north to Florence. Thunderstorms over NE Mississippi not as strong as earlier. At 4:20 pm, the … Continue reading →

We are in an active weather pattern these days and this bodes well for Alabama in at least one way. It means we get more frequent visits by everyone’s favorite weather word now–rain! Good rain event coming up tonight. The … Continue reading →

Early this afternoon there was a zone of showers diagonally across Alabama generally from Hamilton and Fayette down across Tuscaloosa and Marion to near Montgomery. Movement was NE. Little or no lightning in those. The main line of showers and … Continue reading →

ALABAMA A few light showers were edging their way into the NW corner of Alabama from NE Mississippi. Down in SW Alabama there was a lone thunderstorms over SW Monroe County. By far, the main weather action is west of … Continue reading →

Here is a representative list of overnight rain in Alabama. I do not have all the reports because my Skywatcher link was down part of the night: 0.91 Anniston Airport 0.68 Birmingham Airport 0.69 Huntsville 0.59 Montgomery 0.77 Tuscaloosa 0.88 … Continue reading →