A tornado warning is in effect for the Meridian area. A wall cloud has been reported with the storm. Our skywatcher in Livingston is monitoring TV station WTOK and reports that the on air personnel left the studio for the … Continue reading →

A line of showers and some strong thunderstorms is working its way into West Alabama at this hour. A storng storm is passing into NW Pickens County. It still has a tornado warning on it in Mississippi’s Lowndes County, but … Continue reading →

It starts out as a wisp of white cloud against the blue backdrop of a clear winter sky. The advancing white line of high cirrus clouds suddenly covers the entire sky. As the storm front approaches, the low storm clouds … Continue reading →

A major ice storm affected the Southeast United States between February 9-13, 1994. Parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, but Mississippi were the hardest hit. The ice storm was unusual in several respects: first, it affected a much wider … Continue reading →

The year 1868 was especially costly to shipping on the Great Lakes. A series of major storms resulted in hundreds of sinkings on the stormy lakes in which 321 mariners died. 1869 was almost as bad, with 209 sailors perishing … Continue reading →

The storm over Walker County has weakened… A new tornado warning has been issued for Dallas, Hale, Marengo and Perry Counties.

The thunderstorm activity is slowly going downhill early this morning. Several tornadoes touched down late last night and early this morning across West and Central Alabama. There have been a few injuries and damage but nothing widesprad. The velocity couplets … Continue reading →

Tornado warning for Walker…until 5 a.m. This storm is making the transition into a large linear area of storms. Threat may be dinnishing. Rotation has diminished. Dewpoint now beginning to drop at Jasper…dewpoint had dropped at Fayette to 55F. Dewpoint … Continue reading →

Dangerous storm about 15 miles SW of Linden… Moving northeast…will pass near or just west of Faunsdale. Tornado watch conitnues until 10 a.m. for much of Centra and Northern Alabama.

Rotating storm in vicinity of Oakman moving in general direction of Jasper. Tornado warning for Walker County until 5 a.m. Rescue and recevery efforts are underway in the Oakman area… A dangerous lowering is visible on the skycam southwest of … Continue reading →