Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Early Evening 7:25 Update
NORTH ALABAMA Very heavy rain over Dekalb County. Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues until 7:45. Strong thunderstorms North Lawrence and Limestone. Warning for Lawrence County cancelled. NWS/Birmingham issued Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cherokee County until 7:45. CENTRAL ALABAMA Moderate to heavy … Continue reading
Warnings/UPDATE–6:30 pm
FROM NWS/BIRMINGHAM A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for North-Central Marengo County and SW Hale County in West Alabama was CANCELLED at 6:03. FROM NWS/HUNTSVILLE A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for East-Central Limestone County and West-Central Madison County until 6:15. The storm was … Continue reading
Checking on the Thunderstorms
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for North-Central Jefferson County expired at 5 o’clock, but moderate to heavy rain continues over the extreme NW part of the county. There is now a sort of a line of showers all the way up … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
A thunderstorm developed rather quickly over NW Jefferson County. The NWS issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for North-Central Jefferson County until 5 o’clock. Around 4:30, the storm was centered about 6 miles NE of Sayre or 7 miles west of … Continue reading
Alabama at 4:15 pm
Scattered thunderstorms continue late this afternoon. Some of the stronger storms were in these general areas: Cleburne County Randolph County Madison County, near Huntsville Dallas County Perry County NWS advises the storms in those counties can produce strong winds, and … Continue reading
3:30 p.m. Quick Update
The thunderstorms across the region this afternoon are behaving differently from those yesterday. Today, most of the storms over the central and eastern part of the state were trying to move ESE and SE, whereas those over the west and … Continue reading
More Strong Storms
NWS/Birmingham mentioned that storms in these areas could produce strong gusty winds up to 45 mph and very dangerous lightning. Clay County Talladega County Chilton County Coosa County There were other strong storms near the Walker/Fayette county line, as well … Continue reading
Thunderstorms–2:40 Update
They were widely scattered 2:40 this afternoon, but overall, they are getting stronger. NWS/Birmingham advises that thunderstorms in the following areas are strong enough to produce strong winds as high as 45 mph and, naturally, very dangerous lighting: Fayette County … Continue reading
Shelby Storms Getting Stronger
Several thunderstorms in Shelby County growing stronger. They may affect Columbiana, Montevallo, Calera and Alabaster. Also, in Tallapoosa County. a strong thunderstorm near Dadeville. NWS/Birmingham says any of these storms could produce strong winds as high as 45 mph not … Continue reading
Storms Developing
Widely separated thunderstorms were developing in various parts of Alabama this afternoon. This is so typical of summer in the Deep South. At 1:40 p.m., if you could push all of those storms into one corner of the state, it … Continue reading
