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Calmer Times Ahead
Calmer times are ahead for Central Alabama in the wake of the cold front that brought us the severe weather earlier today. Lows tonight will be in the 30s and 40s, with 50s and 60s for highs on Thursday. Continue reading
Wednesday Evening Weather Xtreme Discussion – Severe Threat Nearly Gone, Cooler Weather Ahead
The month of March roared in like a lion across Alabama today, but fortunately damage was light. The severe weather situation is calming quite nicely early this evening as the atmosphere slowly loses instability and wind energy. Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Continues for Central Alabama
UPDATE: NWS Birmingham has trimmed even more counties from the Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Marengo, Perry, Randolph, and Talladega were the recent counties to be cut. Continue reading
Severe Weather Threat Diminishing
The severe weather threat is diminishing across Central Alabama although a few counties are still in a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. The threat ends completely as soon as the line of storms passes your location. Continue reading
4:30 p.m. Update on the Central Alabama Weather Situation
Our line of storms continues to push east and southeast across Central Alabama this afternoon. There are a few severe thunderstorm warnings in effect and a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm watch are in effect along and ahead of the line of storms. The cold front is right behind the line of storms as well ending the severe weather threat. Continue reading
Lines of Strong to Severe Storms Continues to Push Slowly East, Southeast
Our line of thunderstorms continues pushing slowly southeast this afternoon across Central and Northeast Alabama. The storms in Northeast Alabama have produced some healthy sized hail. A Guntersville Police office was hit in the head by golf ball size hail … Continue reading
Large Hail Possible Near Hackleburg and Bear Creek; Heads Up For Lamar and Marion
A line of strong to severe storms continues this afternoon from Madison County across Morgan, Lawrence, northern Marion, northern Lamar Counties. It continues into eastern Mississippi. Large hail is probably galling just south of Hackleburg in Marion County. A severe … Continue reading
Birmingham Noon Sounding Is Mostly In; Confirms Our Thinking, But…
The NWS in Birmingham launched a special balloon before noon. Here is the SkewT diagram: It shows 1,146 j/kg of CAPE, which is solidly unstable. The lifted index reflects this also with a reading of -6. There is no convective … Continue reading
Tornado Watch Has Been Issued For North & North Central Alabama Until 6PM
The SPC has issued a tornado watch for most of North and North Central Alabama, including the I-20 Corridor and points north. It is in effect until 6 p.m. CST
Tornado Threat Increasing for North and Central Alabama
The severe weather threat over Northwest and North Central Alabama appears to be increasing late this morning. There is no cap over a low end moderately unstable airmass over all of North and Central Alabama. CAPE values are running 750-1,250 … Continue reading
