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Late Reports…
Numerous reports of sleet coming in from the area early this morning. Places like Clay, Trussville, Remlap, downtown Gadsden, Irondale, Calera, Millport and Chalkville. Moderate sleet in Mt. Olive and Ensley. Heavy sleet in Cordova now, as well as Spain … Continue reading
Late Night Check on Conditions
Looking at 11 p.m. obs… Birmingham…still 42F but dewpoint fell back to 18F. Tuscaloosa is 44F/19F. Haleyville was down to 34F. Golden Triangle Airport (Columbus MS) was down to 39F. It was 37F in Memphis and 31F in Jackson TN. … Continue reading
My Memorable Snows
According to Birmingham weather records, it has snowed thirty six times since I landed on this Earth in January 1962. Let’s take a trip down memory lane of my most memorable snows… …April 3, 1987…I was the manager of the … Continue reading
Could Birmingham Look Like This Saturday Morning?
I am in Washington D.C. today. Two to four inches of snow is expected. Here are some photographs from early in the snow event and a radar that corresponded to the same time. We are on the eastern side of … Continue reading
A Weather Office Born Out of Controversy
Huntsville had a National Weather Service Office from 1958 to 1997. The Huntsville Weather Office made observations and was responsible for issuing severe weather warnings for North Alabama. For years it operated with its own WSR-3 radar. It was replaced … Continue reading
The Crash of Air Florida Flight 90
On January 13, 1982, Washington, D.C. was experiencing of its worst blizzards ever. Schools, businesses and even Congress shut down early. By early afternoon, highways and subway systems were under intense pressure as an exodus was underway. National Airport was … Continue reading
The 1982 Winter Storm in Birmingham
Birmingham experienced one of its worst winter storms of the twentieth century as snow swept into Central Alabama about midday on January 12, 1982. Morning forecasts had called for a winter storm watch for occasional sleet and freezing rain that … Continue reading
Beware the BWER
A beautiful example of a bounded weak echo region BWER) tonight in the Pike County storm that is now moving into Bullock County. These four simultaneous scans are from the Maxweell AFB radar just after 10 pm tonight. The radar … Continue reading
Flood Warning Fort Payne
Here is an urgent message tonight for our friends up in Fort Payne… Flooding may occur in some buildings overnight… This has been a location of historical flooding… BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL … Continue reading
Could Be Major Tornado…
Look at this image from the Maxwell AFB Doppler Radar just before 10 p.m. It shows a very ominous velocity couplet near Ansley in Pike County. The storm is moving toward Orion. It will pass north of Troy. A tornado … Continue reading
