Author Archives: J.B. Elliott

Showers Closer to B’ham

Numerous showers now in progress over NW Alabama. Just before 5 am, showers covered much of Lamar, Fayette and Walker county northward to the Florence-Tuscumbia-Muscle Shoals area in Extreme NW Alabama. Some thunderstorms involved but, overall, the lightning activity has … Continue reading →

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Early Wednesday Action–4 am

Still some active thunderstorms over NW Alabama in the wee hours of this Wednesday morning. At 4 am, when the whole world should be asleep, a line of thunderstorms extended across Lamar, NW Fayette and Winston County in NW Alabama. … Continue reading →

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New Line of Storms Approaching

We have been busy watching numerous thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon and this evening. At 7:35 p.m., those South Alabama thunderstorms extended from Eastern Coosa and Tallapoosa Counties southward into Macon, Bullock and Pike Counties. They were moving toward the … Continue reading →

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Action in Southeast Alabama

NWS/Birmingham issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 7:30 for these places in SE Alabama: West Bullock County Extreme North Central Pike County The potential severe thunderstorm was 19 miles north of Troy and moving east at 25.

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Early Evening Update

Central and South-Central Alabama is where the action is early this evening. A curved line of thunderstorms extends from Centreville to Clanton to Montgomery and southward to near Troy. This line of storms is moving steadily ENE. NWS/Birmingham posted a … Continue reading →

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Another Warning

NOTE: The warning for both counties was cancelled at 6:27 pm. NWS/Birmingham has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for SE Hale and NW Perry Counties in West-Central Alabama until 6:45. This includes the cities of Marion and Greensboro. The Severe … Continue reading →

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Marengo County Warning

This Severe Thunderstorm Warning is for the north part of Marengo County, in West Alabama. Including the City of Linden until 6:15. At 5:44, doppler radar picked out that thunderstorm capable of producing penny-size hail and damaging winds in excess … Continue reading →

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

The strongest storms in all of Alabama are over the west-central and central part late this afternoon. NWS/Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Alert for Marengo County until 6:15, including the City of Linden. They did that because of a … Continue reading →

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5:15 p.m. Quick Look

It is pouring rain over part of West Alabama late this afternoon. At 5:15, very heavy rain was falling across South Sumter and North Choctaw Counties. This heavy rain was moving NE toward Marengo and Greene County. Meanwhile, other strong … Continue reading →

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In the Old Rain Bucket

Here is SOME of the rain amounts today. We will try to post a more complete list later this evening. 0.63 inches in South Trussville (Bill Murray’s home) 1.05 NE Trussville (Molly’s home) 0.41 South Trussville (near the Country Club) … Continue reading →

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