And soon there will be the familiar sound of thunder thrown in for good measure. At 1:40 pm, the best collection of showers included Tuscaloosa and East Pickens County in West Central Alabama. A lone shower was producing heavy rain … Continue reading →

Some 12-noon temperatures around the great state of Alabama: …..92 Huntsville, heat index 102 …..92 Tuscaloosa, heat index 104 …..90 Birmingham, heat index 100 (so the long string of 90+ unbroken) …..88 Shelby County Airport …..88 Maxwell AFB, Montgomery …..85 … Continue reading →

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 518 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 ALZ013-132300- FAYETTE AL- 518 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT… AT 514 PM CDT…THE … Continue reading →

…..Blount County EMA reported at 4:20 pm that a house fire was caused by lightning in the town of Nectar. …..Lightning caused a house fire on Cherokee County Road 77 five miles WNW of Gaylesville at 4:30 pm …..In Etowah … Continue reading →

A strong thunderstorm over SW Blount County continues to move toward the SW. It is now crossing Interstate 65 along the Jefferson/Blount County line near Warrior.It will continue moving SW crossing North Jefferson County and into East Walker County. NWS … Continue reading →

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 442 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 ALZ017-024-132230- BLOUNT AL-JEFFERSON AL- 442 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT… … Continue reading →

Plenty of heat and humidity around Alabama on this Friday afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms have developed and they seemed to want to move toward the west. Significant Weather Alerts were issued for a number of North Alabama counties. Some of the … Continue reading →

Most of you are too young to remember the Hit Parade on Sunday nights. It was a delightful way to end the week. This is not a Hit Parade, instead let us call it the Heat Parade. Here is a … Continue reading →

In some parts of Alabama, this is one of our hotter days so far. Late this afternoon there were scattered showers and thunderstorms (actually widely spaced) over the south half of the state and also some in the Tennessee Valley … Continue reading →

…..5,000 is the number of lightning strokes in the Washington-Baltimore area in only one hour early this morning as unusually severe thunderstorms rolled through the area. Based on lightning detection equipment. The NWS issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Flash Flood … Continue reading →