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Birmingham’s First Weatherman

A couple of weeks ago, I had lunch with one of Birmingham’s weather legends and one of my weather heroes…Ray White. Ray brought real weather information to Birmingham five years before our current weather hero, James Spann made the Magic … Continue reading →

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Florida Tornadoes Rated as Strong EF3s

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 615 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 …THE LATEST FIELD REPORT FROM BOTH THE LAKE COUNTY AND VOLUSIA COUNTY SURVEY TEAMS REGARDING YESTERDAYS KILLER TORNADO EVENT… …DAMAGE SURVEYS NOW INDICATE THAT AT … Continue reading →

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A Preventable Tragedy

Thursday evening, a strong cold front was pushing into Central Florida. Ahead of the front, very unstable air was moving into the Sunshine State from the Gulf of Mexico. A strong jet stream and strong wind shear caused powerful thunderstorms … Continue reading →

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Chilly Morning

Temperatures dropped into the upper teens to lower 20s last night across North and Central Alabama. Some of the cold numbers… 17 at Pinson and Black Creek 19 at Fort Payne and Cullman 20 at Anniston, Crossville, DeSoto State Park … Continue reading →

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The Day the Music Died

What is the greatest song of your generation? The song that made you think, or was an instrument of change? The song that defined a time period? For the era of the fifties and sixties, I would have to argue … Continue reading →

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More Late Night Reports

A mix of precipitation continues across North and Central Alabama tonight. Across the Tennessee Valley, it is mostly snow. Grant is in Marshall County. It is north of Guntersville. Observer there reports that it is snowing heavily, with one half … Continue reading →

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Some Additional Reports from our Friends

Mike Wilhelm Says: February 1st, 2007 at 12:18 am Moderate sleet continues in Vinemont. The temp is now 31.5 at 12:15. Sleet continues to accumulate on cars, roofs, grass, and edges of the driveway. Derek Says: February 1st, 2007 at … Continue reading →

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Reports From Across the Area

Watching a winter storm event unfold in Alabama is like watching a big football game for some of us…go ahead…admit it…I ‘ve got my popcorn…watching the reports roll in tonight right here with you… But the wintry weather has a … Continue reading →

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Snow Increasing Over North Alabama

Snow reports are on the increase late tonight over North Alabama…here are some late developments… …11:04 pm…John in Hueytown reported 35/33 with 0.04 inches of rain…once dewpoint reaches 33 the main incing threat is over for that area… …11:07 pm…nice … Continue reading →

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Wide Area Affected by Winter Storm

Winter weather advisories continue all the way from Arizona to Virginia late on this Wednesday evening. As a matter of fact, you could travel all the way from Payson, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico then into the Texas Panhandle and … Continue reading →

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