A tornado has been reported east of Starkville, Miss., a warning was in effect for that area. Now, NWS/Birmingham has posted a West Alabama Tornado Warning. Here is the text: BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE … Continue reading →

This new Tornado Warning covers an area very close to the Alabama border: BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 102 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED … Continue reading →

Off to our west, a line of thunderstorms continues to solidify this afternoon. The line extended from NW Alabama down through Central Mississippi to near New Orleans. Individual storms were moving NE, while the whole system was shifting toward the … Continue reading →

Sort of a lull in the severe weather situation early this afternoon. As of 12:30 p.m., there were no severe thunderstorm or tornado watches anywhere in the USA. However, the risk is still there and some new watches will almost … Continue reading →

NWS/Mobile has issued another Tornado Warning in NW Florida for… Extreme SE Escambia County SE Santa Rosa County The Warning is effective until 12:15 CDT. The severe thunderstorm, which could produce a tornado, was near Gulf Breeze or about 8 … Continue reading →

NWS/Mobile has issued two warnings: A Tornado Warning for Southern Okaloosa County (including Ft. Walton Beach), in the NW Florida Panhandle, until noon. Doppler radar indicated the severe thunderstorm that could produce a tornado 10 miles SW of Mary Ester … Continue reading →

These miscellaneous reports from a variety of sources: PARIS, MISSOURI 2 reported fatalities, apparently due to a tornado, time not available at the moment. PENSACOLA AREA Tornado was captured on the towercam of WEAR-TV in downtown Pensacola at about 10:13 … Continue reading →

The SPC (Storm Prediction Center) is the special NWS facility based at Norman, Okla., that closely watches the entire nation for the possibility of severe weather. They also issue all watched for the country, including Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Watches. … Continue reading →

Most of the showers and thunderstorms over Alabama were concentrated over the SE part of the state, mainly from Montgomery southeastward. At 10:00 a.m., some of the heaviest rain was 20 to 40 miles SW of Montgomery. Everything was moving … Continue reading →

All of Alabama has been placed in a slight risk area for severe weather today and tonight. In fact the risk area has been expanded and now looks like this: New Orleans, Biloxi, Gulfport, Mobile-Gulf Shores, Pensacola, Fort Walton northward … Continue reading →