Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Alabama at 4:25 pm
A group of moderate to heavy showers was over West Central Alabama. They extended from near Demopolis to north of Livingston. Moving NE toward Eutaw and Greensboro. Over in East Mississippi, NWS/Jackson issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Kemper County … Continue reading
Alabama at Mid Afternoon
Alabama is a lady-in-waiting. Waiting for rain. And, very anxious. Showers and thunderstorms continue to increase in number as they move further inland from the Gulf coastal area. Some locally heavy rain now over Mobile and Baldwin Counties, as well … Continue reading
Alabama This Afternoon, 1:20 Report
A few widely scattered light showers over the north. Very little rain being realized from those. However, quite a few showers and thunderstorms were spreading northward from the North Gulf of Mexico into SW Alabama, Coastal Mississippi and South Louisiana. … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS
* 18.47 inches is the rain deficit for Huntsville so far this year. * 10.91 inches is all they have received in 2007. * 20.04 inches was how much they had received at this same time last year. * 50.75 … Continue reading
Very Unscientific Estimate
Alabama Power Company has a network of 67 automated stations that report rainfall each day. We make great use of their reports. For the last 24 hours, 58 of those 67 stations reported. Of the 58 reports, 33 of the … Continue reading
4:55 PM Update
Thunderstorms over East and NE Jefferson continue to weaken. Main concern now is Fayette and Tuscaloosa County. A significant Weather Alert is posted for both counties until 5:15. This includes the city of Fayette. Almost solid line of thunderstorms extends … Continue reading
Jefferson County Warning Canceled
The big thunderstorm that moved down into Jefferson County has weakened considerably and the National Weather Service canceled the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NE Jefferson County. It is still producing lots of lightning as it moves slowly SE toward Argo, … Continue reading
From Walker County
From the comment section of the 33/40 blog entered at 3:21 pm: Wow, guys, listen to this: my dad works at Artec, north of Jasper, a few miles from the house. We just got a huge downpour, but he called … Continue reading
JEFFERSON COUNTY WARNING
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 402 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… … Continue reading
More Strong Storms
One of the strongest thunderstorms in Alabama at 4:00 p.m. was entering the NE corner of Jefferson County and headed in the general direction of Trussville. NWS/Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Alert for Jefferson and Blount County until 4:30. … Continue reading
