As many people have said, anyone who experienced the events of April 3, 1974 will always remember them very clearly. I was 12 years old. Our family lived in Huffman. I awakened that morning to curtains blowing in an open … Continue reading →

On the morning of Tuesday, April 2, 1974, Mr. Robert Ferry, the Meteorologist in Charge of the National Weather Service Forecast office in Birmingham received a call from Allen Pearson, Director of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas … Continue reading →

A large mass of rain and storms continues over South parts of Central Alabama this evening… A cluster of fairly strong storms is exiting Calhoun and Cleburne Counties into Cherokee County… The main rain area extends south of a line … Continue reading →

Rain and thunderstorms continue across much of the southern half of Central Alabama this afternoon. A huge mass of moderate rain continues across South Central Alabama across Marengo, Dallas and Wilcox Counties. Further north, showers and storms are moving across … Continue reading →

March 2007 ended up as the third driest March ever in the history of the Magic City. Continuous records go back to 1895. Here are the five driest months of March in Birmingham: March 1918 0.18 March 1910 0.55 March … Continue reading →

At 2:30, radar indicated a large mass of showers and thunderstorms over South Alabama and southern Mississippi. The northern edge of this activity was over southern Chilton County, edging north and eastward toward Clanton. The activity will spread northeastward into … Continue reading →

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 0835 AM CDT SUN APR 01 2007 …RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT PINSON ALABAMA… A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES WAS SET AT PINSON ON THE 25TH OF MARCH. THIS IS … Continue reading →

Showers and storms redeveloped over North Alabama during the overnight. At 6 a.m., a line of showers and storms continued over the northeastern quarter of Alabama from Madison and Jackson Counties, down through Morgan, Marshall, DeKalb and Cherokee Counties. The … Continue reading →

Our weather system is fizzling… The area of rain that moved into Alabama from Mississippi has been slowly diminishing. The main area now is across Marengo, Wilcox and Hale Counties. There is a significant shower north of Pell City in … Continue reading →

On Monday, April 1, 1974, Mother Nature played a cruel April Fools joke on Alabama. That morning, a warm and humid airmass was in place across the state. At 6 a.m., the temperature at Birmingham was 66F with a dewpoint … Continue reading →