The good news is the first storm pulsed quickly to become severe, but just as quickly started to collapse. It is still producing tremendous rains just NE of Lineville and has put down a lot of lightning. There is less … Continue reading →

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Clay and Randolph Counties until 315 p.m… The warning includes Ashland and Lineville. The intensifying storm is just northeast of Lineville. It is actually straddling the Clay/Randolph County line. It is moving … Continue reading →

A few showers are forming now from cumulonimbus clouds that are beginning to poke up into the atmosphere across Central Alabama this afternoon. One is in Etowah County west of Gadsden… Two others are in Clay County west of Ashland … Continue reading →

Reports from an Air Force reconnaissance plane show signs that the low in the Gulf might be becoming a tropical depression. The mission into Invest 91L (the code name for the system) is currently about 143 miles south of Pensacola. … Continue reading →

Hurricane Celia was one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the Texas coast. It made landfall on August 3, 1970, just north of Corpus Christi with measured sustained winds of 130 mph and wind gusts estimated to 180 mph. … Continue reading →

Warning til 10 p.m. Severe storm near York…moving SSW at 15-20 mph. Will affect Cuba…watch out Chief Vaughn! Nickel size hail was reported in York at 9:28 p.m. Trees were reported down on CR32 in Geiger. The main part of … Continue reading →

East Alabama is all clear tonight…after an incredible August supercell storm the likes of which I have not seen in perhaps my lifetime… West Alabama still has one storm of concern…it is in northern Sumter County…from Emelle to Gainesville to … Continue reading →

The huge storm that has wreaked havoc from Gadsden to Harpersville is finally dying near Talladega Springs… But as we feared…as it collapsed…it may have produced significant wind damage in Vincent..and around Harpersville and Childersburg. Structural damage has just been … Continue reading →

But the storm is going downhill quickly…it is just east of Wilsonville…

Things are considerably calmer than they have been over the past several hours…but…warnings do continue… …for Shelby, Coosa and Clay Counties…storm has weakened considerably however…it is between Wilsonville, Vincent and Childersburg….moving SSW…will affect Wilsonville and Talladega Springs… …for southern Pickens, … Continue reading →