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Tornado Warning Canceled for Lee and Chambers Counties
The tornado warning has been canceled for Lee and Chambers Counties. The storms have moved into Georgia. The tornado watch remains in effect until 11 a.m. though. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 917 UPDATE The most dangerous part of the storm is over Smith’s … Continue reading
Round One in Progress, Round Two Tonight
No WeatherXtreme Video this morning. Brian is off galavanting in the Chaser, so here is your morning forecast discussion. Our well advertised morning rain and thunderstorm event is in progress across Central Alabama. The complex arrived in West Alabama before … Continue reading
Perry County Storm Will Affect Bibb/Chilton Counties
A fairly significant mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) appears to be developing this morning over West Central Alabama. It is at the head of a line of storms that trails back into southeastern Louisiana. Just ahead of it, a lone storm … Continue reading
Update for the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham Areas; Main Concern is in Tornado Watch Area
Everything is on track with Round One of our multi-round severe weather event on this early Saturday morning. a large complex of rain and thunderstorms is lifting northeastward into Southwest and West Central Alabama at this hour along a warm … Continue reading
Heads Up Marengo County; Significant Tornado Hit Hattiesburg Earlier
Tornadic thunderstorms are over southern Butler County and over Wayne County, Mississippi right now and will be affecting Marengo County shortly. Strong radar indication of tornado near Silas or south of Gilbertown will pass north of Coffeyville. This storm produced … Continue reading
Be Ready For Strong to Severe Storms Early Saturday Morning
Strong to severe thunderstorms are occurring over Louisiana tonight as a warm front lifts north out of the Gulf of Mexico ahead of an approaching upper level disturbance. The warm front will gain momentum overnight as the low level jet … Continue reading
Rain Moving Out; Several Rounds of Severe Weather Possible Over the Weekend
The line of thunderstorms is now into Georgia above Randolph County. South of there, they curve back to the east of Wedowee, Alexander City and Wetumpka. The storms are at the vanguard of an area of moderate to occasionally heavy … Continue reading
Rain and Storms Pushing East
A band of rain and thunderstorms continues pushing east across Central Alabama this evening. At 635 p.mm. it extends from Fort Payne to Pell City to west of Talladega to west of Rockford and west of Prattsville this into Southwest … Continue reading
Near Record Warmth Again
The temperature at the Birmingham Airport (based on 5-minute data) has reached 73F at 130 p.m. This is exactly where we were yesterday, so a high of 75 or 76 looks likely. There is a difference in temperature across the … Continue reading
