Only a handfull of radar echoes over the north half of Alabama. 1. Over SW Etowah County in NE Alabama near Gallant. Moving SE generally toward Rainbow City. 2. Over SW Cherokee County near the small community of Pine Grove … Continue reading →

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ETOWAH COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST… …FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM… …SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM… AT 505 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED … Continue reading →

The Storm Prediction Center is actually considering a possible Severe Thunderstorm Watch for NE Alabama, North Georgia and the Western Carolinas. This is because of a few strong storms capable of producing marginal hail over the next 1 to 3 … Continue reading →

One lone, small storm developed over the NE tip of Cullman County and moved SE into the north edge of Blount County. It was moving toward the Summit, Susan Moore and Snead communities. NWS, Birmingham, advises it may produce small … Continue reading →

Rain is widespread over the south half of Alabama…generally light to occasionally moderate. Everything moving east. At 11:30, most of the rain was south of the Livingston-Greensboro-Clanton-Rockford-Lafayette line. Little or no lightning involved. SEVERE WEATHER Still looks like Sunday event … Continue reading →

Most of the showers and thunderstorms now east and SE of the Gadsden-Birmingham-Tuscaloosa areas. At 7:30, a line of showers and a few thunderstorms extended from near Anniston southwestward through Talladega, Clanton, Marion and Linden. Movement toward the east and … Continue reading →

Downright springlike across Alabama this afternoon. We have not seen temperatures this warm in a long time. Some 1 o’clock samples: 63 in Huntsville 66 in Gadsden 67 in Anniston and Birmingham 68 in Tuscaloosa 69 in Dothan, Troy, Montgomery … Continue reading →

Thanks to Jason Simpson for crunching these numbers from Birmingham data and letting me steal some of them for Weather by the Numbers. * 49 was the average high at Birmingham Airport between January 16 and February 18. The normal … Continue reading →

A roundup of Monday morning lows across Alabama. Check at the end of this list for the lows from the ABC 33/40 Sky Cams and a note about the huge temperature inversion early this morning: 18 at Fort Payne Airport … Continue reading →

We, who live in the Deep South, are blessed in many ways. Even though our summers are hot, humid and long and even though we do not get enough snow in the wintertime to please the youngsters (and a bunch … Continue reading →