Here is a wider view of thunderstorm activity around the north half of Alabama as of 5:15 this afternoon. The strongest thunderstorms and heaviest rain located in these areas: 1. NE half of Shelby County and part of South Jefferson … Continue reading →

The strongest thunderstorms within a 50-mile radious of Birmingham were concentrated over the NE half of Shelby County at 5:00 p.m. Heavy rain and dangerous lightning was reported at Chelsea. Thunderstorms are strong and numerous in places like Westover, Vincent, … Continue reading →

Interesting array of storms around the greater Birmingham area late this afternoon. The earlier storm, that prompted the warning for East-Central Jefferson County, decided to take a turn and go SE. It is now crossing the Jefferson/Shelby County line into … Continue reading →

The strong thunderstorm that prompted the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for East-Central Jefferson County has broken up somewhat. The strongest storm has spread out and moving SE about ready to cross the Jefferson/Shelby County line into NE Shelby County. This could … Continue reading →

The NWS permitted the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for East-Central Jefferson County to expire at 4:00 p.m. However, thunderstorms are still very strong over East Jefferson County. In fact, the big storm that was moving east from the Tarrant area has … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 330 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL … Continue reading →

NWS/Birmingham issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for East-Central Jefferson County until 3:30. This will include such places as: Pinson Clay Chalkville Gardendale Fultondale Tarrant Center Point Alton The storm was located near Tarrant moving east at 10. It may produce … Continue reading →

Thunderstorms were roaming the Alabama countryside this afternoon, but generally they are few and far between. That does not mean that some folks are not getting locally heavy rain. At 2:45 p.m., one of the stronger storms was NE of … Continue reading →

Scattered thunderstorms continued this afternoon (really, they are widely spaced overall. If you were to clump them all together, they would only cover 1 to 2 counties). At 1:45, some of the strongest storms were over Eastern Bullock County in … Continue reading →

NWS/Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Alert for St. Clair County until 1:45. This includes the City of Moody. The primary threat is small hail and strong gusty winds up to 45 mph. Hail could possibly be dime size. They … Continue reading →