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Mid Morning Update

Clouds are fairly widespread this morning north and east of a line from roughly Wedowee to Oneonta to Double Springs to Russellville. That line is roughly along a diffuse cool front over the Tennessee Valley. South of that line, sunshine … Continue reading →

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Rain Falls Apart Overnight

The nice rain area over Northwest Alabama did not make it very far south as you slept last night. Some nice rainfall amounts fell across southern Franklin and northern Marion County. Radar estimates indicate that more than three inches and … Continue reading →

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Showers and Storms Move Southeast

A large area of moderate to occasionally heavy rain and thunderstorms contiues moving southeast tonight across Northwest Alabama. They cover much of Marion, Franklin, Winston and Walker Counties. They are movingi nto Cullman County. Additional showers are over southwestern Jefferson … Continue reading →

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Late Evening Look at NW Alabama Storms

A large area of rain continues over Northwest Alabama tonight, over Franklin, Marion, Lawrence and Winston Counties, extending into Walker County. The rainfall continues to be moderate to heavy over a wide part of those counties. But the lightning output … Continue reading →

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Famous Weather Sources of the Past – Joe Rumore

If you were a weather nerd in the early 70s, getting your meteorological fix was not easy. You just had to know where to go for the latest and most accurate information. One of the greatest sources for weather information … Continue reading →

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Showers Make A Comeback…

Shower activity has increased over much of North Alabama during the past 45 minutes…and a lot of it is centered on the I-22/US-78 corridor targeting the Birmingham Metro. At 8:45 p.m., radar indicated light to moderate but increasing showers across … Continue reading →

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Storms Have Gone Downhill…

At 7:40 p.m. tonight…radar indicated that the shower activity over North Alabama has decreasedly markedly in intensity and coverage. A large area of light to moderate rain covers extreme eastern Blount County, southern Marshall County into Etowah County. The activity … Continue reading →

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6 p.m. Update

A broken line of showers and storms continues across Northwest and North Central Alabama this evening. The main cells are located over… …northern Etowah County up into extreme southern DeKalb County. The main core is between Sardis City and Keener. … Continue reading →

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Alabama Weather Update – 5:25 p.m.

Thunderstorms continue sinking southward across North Alabama this afternoon. A big storm was over southern Colbert County entering northern Franklin Counties…heading toward Russellville. Severe thunderstorm warning has been allowed to expire. Showers and storms extend eastward through Lawrence, Morgan, northern … Continue reading →

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Thunderstorms Intensifying over North Alabama

At 4:10 p.m. CDT, radar indicated thunderstorms over much of the northern third of Alabama. They are stronger over the Northwest part of the state…especially over soutghern Colbert County west of Florence and Tuscumbia…and over northern Lawrence and Limestone Counties. … Continue reading →

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