We are in the first quarter of a four quarter severe weather event that will unfold between now and early Wednesday morning over Alabama. (Had to work football in there during the Super Bowl, you know.) The kickoff has been … Continue reading →

An area of rain is moving out of Northeast Alabama into Georgia this evening. A few showers are over the rest of the northern half of the state. Temperatures in the I-20/59 corridor are in the upper 40s to middle … Continue reading →

Rain is now widespread over the northwestern quarter of Alabama, generally along and north of I-59. Rain is moving into the Birmingham metro area. The rain is heaviest over northern Walker and Winston Counties over into Cullman County. Lightning activity … Continue reading →

Rain and thunderstorms have increased this morning over western sections of the state as a low level jet transports lots of warm, moist air northward out of Louisiana, across Mississippi and into western Alabama. The storms are of the elevated … Continue reading →

What is the greatest song of your generation? The song that made you think, or was an instrument of change? The song that defined a time period? For the era of the fifties and sixties, I would have to argue … Continue reading →

A series of winter storms has dumped some incredible snows on the West this year. Our hotels in Park City, Utah have enjoyed the bounty. Here is a beautiful snowy scene from the Holiday Inn Express in Park City yesterday, … Continue reading →

One year ago, a Groundhog Day family of tornadoes produced by a powerful supercell thunderstorm tracked across Central Florida during the pre-dawn hours, killing 20 people. The heaviest damage was concentrated in the counties of Sumter, Lake and Volusia. Hard … Continue reading →

Last night, I published a post about the 2001 crash of a plane that was carrying part of the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team, staff and announcers back to Stillwater from a game at the University of Colorado. It was … Continue reading →

Here is a weather advisory we don’t see frrequently… RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO- MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-OBION- WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON- SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WALNUT RIDGE…PARAGOULD…JONESBORO… HARRISBURG…BLYTHEVILLE…WYNNE…WEST MEMPHIS…FORREST CITY… KENNETT…CARUTHERSVILLE…SOUTHAVEN…OLIVE BRANCH…TUNICA… BATESVILLE…OXFORD…UNION CITY…MARTIN…DRESDEN…DYERSBURG… HUMBOLDT…MILAN…COVINGTON…JACKSON…BARTLETT…GERMANTOWN… COLLIERVILLE…MEMPHIS…MILLINGTON…SOMERVILLE…BOLIVAR 726 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2008 …FREEZING FOG … Continue reading →