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Mid-Afternoon Update

Showers continue across Northeast, East Central, West Central and Southwest Alabama on this Sunday afternoon. Rainfall has not been widespread or heavy, although thunderstorms have become more active over Northeast and East Alabama. At 3:15 p.m., radar indicated the following … Continue reading →

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Showers and Storms Developing

Showers and thunderstorms are starting to bubble late on this Sunday morning… The main concentration so far has been over Northeast Alabama. The storms are of the pulse variety, going up and then coming back down quickly with another one … Continue reading →

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Late Report from Yesterday…Damage with Injuries

Here is a late damage report received into the NWS last night… At 1:10 p.m. CDT, a diseased tree was blown over by thunderstorm winds and fell through a house at Cordova in Walker County. Two people were injured and … Continue reading →

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Quick Check

Here is a quick check on Alabama’s weather on this Sunday morning… An area of mainly light to moderate showers, with some heavier rain over eastern sections, continues from eastern Jefferson County eastward through St. Clair and into Calhoun and … Continue reading →

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The Appalachian Derecho

The heat wave of 1995 is infamous for the high death toll that occurred in Chicago during July. A persistent stationary from was draped across the Great Lakes region during this time. This front would result in another serious weather … Continue reading →

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Thunderstorm Activity Going Downhill…

Thunderstorms have decreased in coverage if not actual numbers across North and Central Alabama in the last hour and one half… Four main sectors now… Northwest Alabama… Couple of storms over Lauderdale County… Jefferson/Bibb/Shelby/Tuscaloosa… Thunderstorms are in an arc from … Continue reading →

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Alabama Weather Situation – 3:30 p.m.

Here is the latest… Storms over Central Alabama have sent a beautiful outflow boundary southward. The boundary extends in an 80 mile arc from Tallapoosa through northern Elmore County into Autauga County into NE Perry County. The boundary is moving … Continue reading →

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Alabama Update…

Showers and storms continue across North Central Alabama this afternoon. The severw thunderstorm warning has been cancelled for Shelby County. The heaviest storms are over Bibb and Shelby Counties over into Northeast Chilton County. The heaviest activity extends from near … Continue reading →

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Shelby County

Effective until 215 p.m. The dangerous storm is 6 miles WNW of Maylene or 10 miles WNW of Sherlby County Airport Moving ESE about 15 mph. Part of a larger complex of storms and rain that extends from south of … Continue reading →

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Rain Area Converging on Metro

A large area of rain and thunderstorms is moving east across West Alabama this afternoon. The northern extent is over Marion and Winston Counties…from east of Hamilton to south of Haleyville. It extends over Fayette and Walker Counties, with a … Continue reading →

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