Author Archives: J.B. Elliott

Late Morning in Alabama

A nice cluster of showers and thunderstorms over West-Central Alabama was producing locally heavy rain late this morning. At 11:00 a.m., most of the showers and storms were over Greene County, South and Central Pickens County and North Hale County. … Continue reading →

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Mid Morning in Alabama

NWS/Huntsville, in a special weather statement, extended the Significant Weather Alert for SE Marshall County until 9:30. They did that because a small area of thunderstorms was producing heavy rain between Mountain View and Boaz. Movement was so slow (toward … Continue reading →

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Early Monday Showers

And some thunder and lightning also. Two clusters were in these locations: NORTHEAST ALABAMA/SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Over North Etowah County, extending into Dekalb and Marshall County. Shortly after 7:30, the heaviest showers were over SE Marshall and West Dekalb County. … Continue reading →

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Early Quick Look

Just what the doctor ordered. Just what we needed most. A steady rain. At 7:40 this morning, rain was widespread from east of the Birmingham area westward across much of Mississippi. Steady rain over much of that area. The rain … Continue reading →

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Alabama at 7:45 pm

Still pouring over Extreme NW Alabama, mainly Lauderdale, Colbert and Franklin County. In East Alabama, the two strongest storms were over SW Tallapoosa County and Russell County. Overall, the storms in Central and East Alabama have weakened. They appear to … Continue reading →

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Roads Barricaded, Florence

Due nto tremendous amounts of rain, these streets and roads have been barricaded in the Florence area: * Gresham Road between Chisolm Road and Helton Drive in North Florence. * Alabama Highway 20 Underpass near Downtown Florence. LATE RAIN REPORT … Continue reading →

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Early Evening in Alabama

An amazing amount of rain continues to come down over extreme NW Alabama. An extremely heavy 2.83 inches of rain fell late this afternoon in only 1 hour at Muscle Shoals Airport and it is still raining heavily. At 6:30, … Continue reading →

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Strong Storm East Alabama Also

Some strong thunderstorms producing very heavy rain were scattered across East Alabama also just before 6:00 p.m. They were located: * Along the Shelby/Talladega line east of the town of Shelby * Over NW Coosa County * Over South Chambers … Continue reading →

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Torrential Rain North Alabama

SPECIAL NOTE FROM MUSCLE SHOALS An additional 1.36 inches of rain in the last 40 minutes–since 5 pm! Not everywhere, but localized areas across the Tennessee Valley and some parts of North-Central Alabama getting very heavy rain. NWS/Huntsville has issued … Continue reading →

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Lots of Folks Getting Wet

A lot of acreage across the north half of Alabama has already gotten wet today and thunderstorms were still ongoing late this afternoon. Rain was widespread over NE Alabama from near Gadsden and Anniston northward. Thunderstorms were still producing some … Continue reading →

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