The low pressure system off the Georgia/South Carolina coast has attained tropical characteristics tonight and is now tropical depression number 3. It is expected to move northeast, grazing the North Carolina coast from Wilmington to the Outer banks. It will … Continue reading →

The summer of 1886 was a bad one for hurricanes in the Apalachee Bay area of Florida. Three of them struck the area from Apalachicola to Cedar Key. The first made landfall near Apalachicola on June 21st. Damage was severe … Continue reading →

At this time back in 1980, Alabama and much of the southern U.S. was broiling in one of the greatest heat waves of all time. It still rates as one of the hottest Alabama summers on record. In the month … Continue reading →

All of the shower and storm activity over North Central Alabama is diminshing at this time. There is a storm over NE Tuscaloosa County, but it is small. Moderate rain covers much of Talladega, Clay, Cleburne and Randolph Counties in … Continue reading →

Daniel…Our Skywatcher in Oxford…reports 2.10 inches of rain in 55 minutes this afternoon. Some reports of flooding starting to come in. Powerful thunderstorms now from south of Riverside to north of Talladega back to Oxford. Dumping incredible amonts of rain. … Continue reading →

Here’s a look at the Alabama weather situation at 5 p.m… No warnings in effect… There has been some wind damage in Chelsea…including signs blown down. Power out to parts of Inverness. Tree on powerline on Caldwell Mill Rorad. Intense … Continue reading →

A fish hook shaped line of storms is occurring across North and Central Alabama this afternoon. The shank of the hook extends from Jackson and DeKalb Counties through Marshall and Blount Counties into Jefferson and southern Walker Counties. The bend … Continue reading →

Storms are increasing now across North and Central Alabama ahead of a cold front. The front had reached the northwest corner of Alabama at 3 p.m. The dewpoint at Muscle Shoals has dropped to 66F. Showers and storms are increasing … Continue reading →

Thunderstorms continue over East Alabama this afternoon in the vicinity of a moisture axis and ahead of a surface trough. A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for parts of Elmore, Tallapoosa and Macon Counties. Strong storms from Wetumpka to … Continue reading →

Storms are developing rapidly in the deeper moisture over eastern Alabama near an eastward moving surface trough. The activity extends from Cherokee County, where a severe thunderstorm warning is in effect, through Calhoun and Cleburne Counties, then into Clay, Randolph, … Continue reading →