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Third Straight Day of Rain at BHM
0.52 inches of rain through 7:53 p.m. at the Birmingham Airport. Rain has fallen for the third straight day. 3.09 so far over the past three days.
Birmingham Metro Gets in on Act
Getting in the game late today around Birmingham, but better late than never for some communities, including here in Trussville. It’s not much, with just a tenth of an inch, but we will take it. Added to .16 overnight and … Continue reading
Radar Check – 5:05 p.m.
Storms have not been as active today as they were yesterday or Friday. Let’s start in the north and head south. A cluster of storms over DeKalb County just north of Fort Payne. Lots of lightning. Showers and storms are … Continue reading
Chilton / Coosa / Shelby Significant Weather Alert
Big storm just south of Columbiana along the Chilton/Shelby County line. Lots of lightning. A rapidly developing storm near Columbiana. More cells between Clanton and Rockford in Coosa County. Elsewhere… A storm is raining itself out southwest of Talladega. Another … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update – 2:35 pm
Showers and thunderstorsm are fairly numerous over East Central Alabama this afternoon. Most of the storms extend from the Montgomery area northeastward through Coosa, Tallapoosa, Randolph and Chambers Counties. The strongest cells were near Rockford, Alexander City and Goodwater. Another … Continue reading
Storms Forming East Alabama
Radar shows a couple of strong storms forming over East Alabama this afternoon. Two major cells are straddling the Tallapoosa/Caly County line, between Ashland and New Site. Another is over Randolph County north of Wedowee. The storms are moving erratically … Continue reading
KATRINA: Day Four
Early on Fiday morning, August 26, 2005, Tropical Storm Katrina was completing her short traversal of the southern end of the Florida Peninsula and emerging over the Gulf of Mexico. The storm briefly weakened from hurricane strength to tropical storm … Continue reading
The Mother of all Birmingham Heat Waves
It now appears that the worst of the Heat Wave of 2007 is over for Alabama. So, where does this heat wave rate in the annals of Birmingham weather history? To study this question, I downloaded the entire database of … Continue reading
Stunning Images of Greensburg, Kansas Tornado
Storm Chasers Joel Genung and Steve Bluford have posted a gallery of their video captures from the Greensburg, Kansas tornado on May 4, 2007. The tornado struck at night, so these images are especially chilling, knowing that this monster was … Continue reading
Lamar/Fayette Reports
Severe weather reports from the past hour over Lamar and Fayette Counties from the storm of the day so far… …Kennedy [Lamar Co, AL] emergency mngr reports LIGHTNING at 05:20 PM CDT — forest fire reported due to lightning. …1 … Continue reading
