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Some Active Storms
Showers are scattered across the northern half of Alabama this afternoon… A few of them have grown into storms. The most notable is in Bibb County north and east of the Centreville/Brent area, extending south from West Blocton. Good bit … Continue reading
Early Afternoon Look at Alabama’s Weather
A few showers were starting to form in isolated locations across the northern half of Alabama this afternoon. Skies are partly cloudy, with the cumulus clouds showing some decent vertical development, meaning isolated showers are about to form. Some of … Continue reading
Memories of Hurricane Allen…
It is hard to believe that 27 years ago tonight, on August 4, 1980, I was at my freshman orientation at Samford University. The first named storm of the 1980 season had formed. With wide eyes and a career goal … Continue reading
Bama Firefighters Headed to Montana
Alabama Forestry Commission Firefighters Re-routed to Montana Due to improving weather and fire conditions in Idaho, 20 wildland firefighters from the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) have been re-deployed. Originally scheduled to assist the Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, with … Continue reading
Remembering Celia
Hurricane Celia was one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the Texas coast. It made landfall on August 3, 1970, just north of Corpus Christi with measured sustained winds of 130 mph and wind gusts estimated to 180 mph. … Continue reading
Code Orange Air Quality Alert Friday
The team over at the Alabama Partners for Clean Air has posted a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for today for Jefferson and Shelby Counties. The offending pollutant is particulates. We used to call it smog. I guess we still … Continue reading
Usagi Makes Landfall in Japan
Typhoon Usagi made landfall in southern Japan early this morning Birmingham time with top winds of 95 mph, which is equivalent to a Category 1 on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale. The pressure was 973 millibars. It has since been … Continue reading
A Tragic Football Death
Temperatures at the Minnesota Vikings training camp in Mankato, Minnesota were in the 90s and humidities were very high during the first week of August 2001 The heat and humidity were combining to create stifling conditions with heat indices in … Continue reading
Breaking News
A bridge on I-35 over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed about an hour ago. Cars have plunged off the bridge and some into the water. There are several injuries. The disaster occurred at 6:05 p.m. CDT. Construction was going … Continue reading
Usagi
It sounds like something that I would order at the sushi bar. In Japanese, it means rabbit. It is a powerful typhooon in the western Pacific that is threatening Japan. Fortunately, it is weakening. Top winds are still 120mph. It … Continue reading
