Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Early Afternoon in Alabama
Seems that no two days in a row are completely alike. Yesterday at this time, lots of thunderstorms were dumping heavy rain as they crawled along. This afternoon, just before 2 o’clock, virtually no showers over the north half of … Continue reading
Quiet on the Homefront
Unlike yesterday morning when there was already some flooding issues in West Calhoun County, it is calm and collected this morning. Just some showers over NW Florida extending into Extreme South Alabama. We offer this selection of rain amounts from … Continue reading
Alabama at 9:45 pm
Almost all of the showers in Alabama have faded away. Only a few light showers remain. It is possible that a few others could form overnight. It was an interesting day across the state and a bit unusual. Heavy showers … Continue reading
Cherokee County Severe Weather
Most of the storms continue to be over West Alabama early this evening. Overall, the stronger storms were fewer in number and diminishing in strength. Some of the stronger ones were over Tuscaloosa County, mainly from the City of Tuscaloosa … Continue reading
Late Afternoon Alabama Storms
Scattered strong thunderstorms continue over West Alabama late this afternoon. Some of the main ones: * Walker County south of Jasper and near Eldridge. * NW Marion County, NW of Hamilton. * Along the Pickens-Greene County line. * East Marengo … Continue reading
Pouring Rain Part of NE Alabama
NWS, Birmingham has issued a Small Stream Flood Advisory in Calhoun County until 10:15 am. Mainly east of Highway 77 Radar indicates as much as 3 inches of rain has fallen since 6 am over part of that area. The … Continue reading
7 am Quick Look
Almost no showers in Alabama early this morning, BUT… A lone heavy shower in East Alabama. NWS, Birmingham issued a Significant Weather Alert for calhoun County until 7:30. They did that because of a thunderstorm 9 miles west of Saks … Continue reading
A “Cold” Summer Morning
Up in the high country of Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the low this morning was 35 on Mt. LeConte! Not bad for the heart of summer in the South–even if it is in the Southern Highlands. It was 56 … Continue reading
The Rain Parade
Seems like everyone is still standing in line wanting more rain, with our serious drought still with us. Here is a comprehensive look at today’s amounts from various sources. FROM THE ALABAMA POWER NETWORK 0.25 Ashland 0.57 Anniston 0.20 Ashville … Continue reading
Alabama This Evening
Just before 8 o’clock tonight, all of the stronger thunderstorms were down over South Alabama. The heaviest storms are fewer in number. The strongest ones were over Coffee and Geneva County. But it was still raining from diminishing showers that … Continue reading
