A number of strong thunderstorms, mainly over the north half of the state. A few notes: A Flash Flood Warning continues for Shelby County until 8:00 p.m. This includes Pelham, Meadowbrook, Helena and Alabaster. A weather spotter reported flash flooding … Continue reading →

ULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 553 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS … Continue reading →

GREATER BIRMINGHAM AREA + Group of thunderstorms over North and West Jefferson County moving NNW. Heaviest rain west of I-65 and US 31 North near Sayre east to Gardendale. + Strong individual storm SW Jefferson near Hueytown. + Strong storm … Continue reading →

In the heat of the afternoon, thunderstorms continue to build across Alabama. At 4 o’clock, they were more numerous over the south part of the state mainly south of Montgomery. For example, a strong thunderstorm near Lowdnesboro, in Lowdnes County, … Continue reading →

A vast ocean of warm air and high humidity blankets the state. Automatically, this leads to showers and thunderstorms on a day like this especially with the heating of the afternoon. So this is the picture at 3:30: * Widely … Continue reading →

Time to turn optimistic! Looks like our best chance of more folks getting some welcome rain this afternoon through Thursday than any three-day stretch in a long, long time. The storms will be creepers (lazy) The slow movement will let … Continue reading →

THIS FIRST SET OF NUMBERS HAS TO DO WITH THE SIGNS OF THE SEASON * 5 above zero was the temperature at Summit, Greenland this morning on the ice cap. It is still technically summer there as well as here. … Continue reading →

Most of the significant rain and thunderstorms had shifted down into South Alabama. At 9:45 pm, the heaviest was south of the Montgomery-Selma area although some moderate rain was hanging on over Greene and Sumter County in West Alabama. A … Continue reading →

A broad band of showers and thunderstorms extended from Walker County southward to near Demopolis. It was raining over most of Walker, Tuscaloosa, Hale and Greene County. The rain was heavy in some places. Some of the heaviest: West Tuscaloosa … Continue reading →

The storms were still moving west shortly after 6:30 this evening. The strongest storms were: *Over North Tuscaloosa County north of the Tuscaloosa-Northport area * North and Central Hale County especially from Moundville south through Havana Jct. to near Greensboro … Continue reading →