Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Drought By The Numbers
I always look forward to getting my weekly copy of the Crop Progress and Condition Report from the U.S Department of Agriculture, Alabama Field Office. Some revealing facts: *95 percent of Alabama now has short or very short soil moisture. … Continue reading
Alabama Now–4 o’clock Report
Only thunderstorms still in Alabama at 4 pm were over the Extreme East Central and Extreme SE. Generally from Russell and Bullock County southward. Moving east. Unless something else develops, this will probably be our last update. Thunderstorms are much … Continue reading
Mid Afternoon in Alabama
At 2:45 this afternoon, most of the showers and storms that were still in Alabama were over the east-central part. NWS/Birmingham issued a Significant Weather Alert for Tallapoosa and Chambers Counties until 3:15. Some of the stronger storms may produce … Continue reading
The Rumble of Thunder
Strong thunderstorms continue early this afternoon–most of them in a cluster over East-Central Alabama. The NWS had a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for part of Tallapoosa and Chambers Counties until 1:15. In fact, one of those storms showed a slight indication … Continue reading
Strong Thunderstorms East-Central Alabama
The NWS/Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Alert for these counties in Central and East-Central Alabama: Bibb Chilton Tallapoosa Coosa Elmore SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NWS/Birmingham issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Chambers and Tallapoosa Counties until 1:15 p.m. The storms … Continue reading
More Alabama Storms
From the NWS/Birmingham: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1224 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ALZ036-037-043-051830- COOSA-ELMORE-TALLAPOOSA- 1224 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ELMORE…COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM … Continue reading
Storms in Central Alabama
Scattered thunderstorms continue to develop over part of Central Alabama at midday. At noon, they were scattered across Elmore and Montgomery Counties, others were over Lee County and a few other storms were located in Chilton County north of Clanton … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS
* 81 was the high in Eagle, Alaska yesterday. Another sure sign that the changing season is spreading over our biggest state. Eagle is often one of the coldest spots in Alaska. * 2.67 inches is how much rain has … Continue reading
Good Ole Mother Nature
We witnessed an amazing turn of events over the weekend and how Mother Nature can rise to the occasion and squelch forest fires. We will not know until we get reports from all of the forestry experts, but I do … Continue reading
Late Look at Alabama
It was dry across Alabama late tonight. A few showers lingered in Mississippi but the strong thunderstorms that crossed the Mississippi from Louisiana late today fizzled. A few spots in Alabama got rain Sunday. Two sample amounts: 0.27 at Springville … Continue reading
