The center of Tropical Depression Fay is south of Grove Hill in Southwest Alabama tonight. It is moving WNW. It will be in Mississippi in a few hours. The future course of Fay is uncertain. The uncertainty lies in when … Continue reading →

A wind gust to 48 mph was recorded at Maxwell AFB at 10:27 p.m. Winds at the Montgomery Airport are E 27 gusting to 41 mph. So Fay still has a little kick in her. The main rainband is pushing … Continue reading →

At 10 p.m. CDT, Fay is downgraded to a tropical depression. Advisory 34 is the last NHC advisory on Fay. Future advisories will be issued by NCEP. The center of the depression is over Southwest Alabama southwest of Monroeville. It … Continue reading →

Cloud tops were cooling in the rain mass over Central Alabama. This indicates intensifying rainfall. The heaviest rain extends from Linden in Marengo County to Clanton to Columbus GA back to Montgomery and Linden. Decaying tropical systems quite often flare … Continue reading →

PART ONE On Sunday morning, August 23rd, 1992, the warnings in South Florida were frantic. Hurricane Andrew was strengthening rapidly some 425 miles east of Miami, Florida. Moving west of 16 mph, Andrew was on schedule to make landfall on … Continue reading →

A new tornado watch has been issued that includes much of South Central and Southeast Alabama into Southwest Georgia. The watch goes until 3 a.m. Counties in Alabama include: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, … Continue reading →

The Storm Prediction Center indicates that strong wind shear is moving out of Georgia into Central Alabama tonight. The tornado threat may increase along the feeder bands as they rotate around the center of Fay. A tornado watch may be … Continue reading →

Here is the latest advisory on Tropical Storm Fay… 648 WTNT31 KNHC 232357 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 33A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008 700 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 …FAY WEAKENING OVER LAND … Continue reading →

A few tornado warnings have been issued by the NWS Birmingham for suspicious cells along a well defined feeder band that currently extends from Hayneville to south of Montgomery to Tuskegee and Fort Mitchell on the Georgia border. The current … Continue reading →

The NWS Tallahassee has relayed this tragic report… Cairo [Grady Co, GA] emergency mngr reports FLOOD at 03:45 PM EDT — *** 1 fatal, 1 inj *** A teenager playing near a drainage area was swept away and drowned. An … Continue reading →