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Storms Blossom over East Alabama
As predicted, the showers in the I-20 corrdiro have blossomed into a rash of showers and storms. Storms are fairly numerous over Etowah, Blount, eastern Jefferson and St. Clair Counties. A thunderstorm was in progress at the Birmingham Airport at … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update
A large mass of rain continues to truck across the Tenneessee Valley this morning. It is moving east northeast. The main concentration is moving across Morgan and Madison Counties into Jackson and Marshall Counties. The heaviest rainfall is in the … Continue reading
Pouring over Northwest Alabama
A solid area of moderate to heavy rainfall covers the Northwest Corner of Alabama this morning. Lauderdale… Colbert… Franklin… northern Marion Counties are enjoying the rainfall. The activity is moving northeast. Will affect Winston and Lawrence Counties next…moving toward Huntsville/Decatur … Continue reading
Remembering Hurricane Dennis
On Saturday, July 9, 2005, I was on the Alabama Gulf Coast with Brian Peters and the team from ABC3340. I had volunteered to go along as Brian’s gopher, monitoring data and maintaining our web presence from the coast. We … Continue reading
Popcorn Showers…
Showers are popping up on the back side of our low this afternoon where clouds have thinned just enough to allow for some surface heating. The cooler temperatures aloft naturally associated with the upper low lead to a little enhanced … Continue reading
Early Afternoon Check of Alabama Weather…
If I gave you the following list of noon July Central Alabama temperatures back in January, you probably would take it on the spot… 78F at Birmingham 81F at Tuscaloosa 75F at Gadsden 78F at Anniston 77F at Albertville Clouds … Continue reading
Dale County Storm…
Friend of the Blog Jeff Kirby from Dothan sent these superb pictures of a severe storm in Dale County from Saturday afternoon. He writes: Bill: Attached are images taken between 5:25 PM CDT and 5:50 PM CDT in southwestern Dale … Continue reading
One of Birmingham’s Greatest Rain Events
On July 2, 1916, Mr. Albert Ashenberger, the meteorologist at the Weather Bureau Office in Mobile received a telegram from the central office in Washington concerning a tropical disturbance near Swan Island that was moving north. The information was published … Continue reading
Rain Amounts…
Here are some rainfall amounts measured today from various sources… NWS Reporting Stations… 0.30 at Anniston 0.65 at Birmingham Airport 0.84 at NWS in Calera 0.03 at Decatur 0.46 at Montgomery 1.57 at Tuscaloosa 0.04 at Albertville 0.02 at Huntsville … Continue reading
Watching West Central Alabama Storms – 7 p.m.
Watching the storm over Perry County very closely. It shows signs of rotation near Marion. A tornado warning may be imminent. It is part of a line of intense storms from north of Marion to north of Faunsdale to north … Continue reading
