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Focusing on This Week’s Severe Weather Threat
We continue to monitor the threat of severe weather for Tuesday and Wednesday here in our Alabama. There are mixed signals about whether this will be a significant event or not. Showers and storms that form Monday night to the … Continue reading
Help the National Weather Service Simplify Hazardous Weather Messages
When winter weather threatens, the National Weather Service issues watches, warnings, and advisory products to warn you of the impending hazard. In Central Alabama, winter weather is often the most difficult weather to deal with, both because it is very … Continue reading
February 3, 1959: 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 seventies, I would have to argue that it … Continue reading
Fort Rucker Radar Will Be Offline Next Week for Upgrade
The Fort Rucker Doppler Radar will be down for approximately four days beginning Monday February 6, 2017 for technicians to install an important technological upgrade. For folks in Southeast Alabama around the radar site, this basically means they will need … Continue reading
The Latest Update On Drought Conditions
The latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor is in, and the drought conditions really haven’t changed that much from last week’s report. As of yesterday, over 67% of the state remains in a drought, which is a huge improvement … Continue reading
Today in Weather History: The Terrible 1985 North Alabama Ice Storm
One of the worst winter storms in Alabama history moved into the northwestern part of the state during the early morning hours of Friday, February 1, 1985 with a mix of freezing rain and sleet in the Florence area. Over … Continue reading
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! The Montana Edition
A major winter storm is affecting the western United States this week, including the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies, extending into the Plains States. Areas from eastern Washington and Oregon through parts of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming … Continue reading
