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Hooray!

If you are going to bust a forecast…this is the way to do it… I expected isolated storms across Alabama today, nuch like yesterday, but they have blossomed this afternoon over the western half of the area. At 6:15 p.m., … Continue reading →

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Radar Update – 5:25 p.m.

…Widely scattered showers and storms across Alabama this afternoon… Over Northwest Alabama, a trio of small storms is over Marion, NW Winston and Franklin Counties…the strongest is between Hackleburg and Bear Creek. Starting to show a good bit of lightning … Continue reading →

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Isolated Storms Across North and Central Alabama…

At 3:45 p.m., isolated storms were noted on radar… …near Ashland in Clay County… …west of Billingsley, moving into SW Chilton County… …developing in southern Tallapoosa and Chamber Counties… …in Walker County between Parrish and Cordova and south of Eldridge … Continue reading →

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Alabama Update 3:15 p.m.

Now we are getting some shower development across North and Central Alabama. It is primarily in a zone from Franklin and Marion Counties through parts of Winston, Walker, Tusacaloosa, Shelby and Chilton Counties. All activity is small and isolated, and … Continue reading →

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Alabama Weather Update – 1:45 p.m.

The radar is quiet across North and North Central Alabama on this Father’s Day 2007. Showers are numerous over in Mississippi, and are beginning to develop across South Central Alabama from Dallas through Marengo and Sumter Counties. Movement is slowly … Continue reading →

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The Whippoorwill Disaster

On Saturday evening June 17, 1978, forty seven passengers and thirteen crew were on board the Whippoorwill Show Boat on Lake Pomona in Osage County, Kansas. The Whippoorwill featured a popular dinner theatre cruise on the beautiful lake. A tornado … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning…in Montana

Not often you see a vicious storm in Montana…but there is one this afternoon… Here is a view of the Glasgow, MT radar of a supercell storm with strong indications of a tornado over the town of Malta. Spotters earlier … Continue reading →

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Quick Check – 4 p.m.

Our isolated storms are having a very hard time getting their act together today…without the trough around and with limited moisture…they formed and gradually died on the vine. One recent exception is a healthy little storm that developed quickly over … Continue reading →

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Radar Update – 3 p.m.

Isolated showers and storms continue across North and Central Alabama this afternoon… They are located at 3 p.m. over… I-59 in Green County, southwest of Knoxville… In Coosa County southwest of Alexander City… Over eastern Winston County and western Cullman … Continue reading →

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Alabama Weather Update – 2:15 p.m.

A few showers are forming this afternoon over eastern Winston and western Cullman Counties. This activity is moving south or south southwest. The shower near Addison is quickly becoming a thunderstorm. Another shower has formed over Clay County. While storms … Continue reading →

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