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The Tunguska Explosion

Just after 7 in the morning on June 30, 1908, a huge fireball streaked across the sky during the daylight hours over Siberia. A huge explosion occurred in the air near the Stony Tunguska River. A shock wave radiated out … Continue reading →

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Scanning the Radar…

Storms continue across parts of Alabama late on this Friday evening… In the Birmingham area…a persistent storm is moving south across the Leeds area. It is producing lots of lightning back to the Trussville area. It seems to be intensifying … Continue reading →

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Northeast Jefferson/St. Clair

Nice little complex of storms has blown up this evening over NE Jefferson County northeast of Trussville and in the Springville area. JB reports his communications knoecked out…continuous intense lightning…40 mph winds…very heavy rain…5 minutes of pea sized hail… This … Continue reading →

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The Story of Whitney Bartie

In Cameron, Louisiana on Wednesday, June 26, 1957, residents were listening to advisories from the U.S. Weather Bureau on Hurricane Audrey in the Gulf of Mexico. Whitney Bartie and his family lived on Front Ridge, a ridge back a few … Continue reading →

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Alabama Weather Update – 7:30 p.m.

Things are calming down for the most part tonight after a little excitement during the afternoon as scattered thunderstorms graced parts of the area. at 7:30 p.m., thunderstorms with heavy rain were still occurring over Winston and northwestern Cullman County … Continue reading →

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Alabama Weather Update -5:45 p.m.

Scattered areas of the state are receiving rain this afternoon from one of the better spreads of showers and thunderstorms we have seen lately. The rainfall has been very localized and the storms that have produced it have been of … Continue reading →

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Jefferson / Shelby

Showers and storms are along and just south of I-459 this afternoon. They have been sparked by an eastward moving outflow boundary. The heaviest rain and a good bit of lightning is from Cahaba Heights to Lake Purdy to south … Continue reading →

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Bibb County Damage…

Here is a damage report from the NWS from Bibb County…. 1 E Centreville [Bibb Co, AL] emergency mngr reports TSTM WND DMG at 03:11 PM CDT — confirmation of 12 pine trees snapped, roof damage to one mobile home. … Continue reading →

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Significant Weather Alert – Tuscaloosa County

The NWS has issued a Significant Weather Alert for Tuscaloosa County until 430 p.m. A rapidly developing storm was along US-82 southeast of Duncanville. It is moving north toward the interstate and Peterson. This is one of the most active … Continue reading →

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Alabama Weather Update – 3:30 p.m.

Showers and thunderstorm continue across parts of Alabama this afternoon… The rundown… …Northwest Alabama…a strong storm southwest of Moulton in Lawrence County…lots of lightning with that one… …Cullman/Blount/Jefferson…good storm south of Cullman…another over I-65 between Gardendale and Morris…another developing west … Continue reading →

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