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26 Years Ago Today: Deadly East Tennessee Fog I-75 Crash
If you have ever driven I-75 between Chattanooga and Knoxville, you know that it is one of the prettiest drives in the country. With beautiful mountain panaramas and gorgeous rivers, the scenery is tremendous. But the area is also prone … Continue reading
Clouds to Left, Clouds to the Right
The I-59 Corridor finds itself sandwiched between two areas of cloudiness. To the southeast, moisture is sliding into the state around the periphery of the high located to the northeast of Alabama. To the west, clouds cover much of Mississippi, … Continue reading
Alabama NewsCenter Keeps Our Spirits Bright With More Good News Stories!
This week’s good news stories delight us with holiday food, fun, and festive events, while keeping our spirits bright with success stories from across our state. Brought to us by our Alabama NewsCenter friends, here are a few of our favorites! … Continue reading
A Quick Sunday Afternoon Update
Clouds are thick across Central Alabama on this Sunday afternoon. There is some fog as well as low level moisture is starting to seep into the area from the south, warming those dewpoints. We will be in the upper 40s … Continue reading
More Good News Stories from Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners!
From the festive events to football championships, from community outreach to scientific advances, and from building businesses to building relationships, our friends at Alabama NewsCenter bring us good news stories from across Alabama. Here are a few of our favorites! … Continue reading
New Tornado Watch to the South and Southeast; First Damage Survey Info
Rain is about to end in the Birmingham metro area, but not before leaving 1.74 inches at my house in Vestavia for a three day total of 3.40 inches. Thank you! The tornado watch was allowed to expire at 10 … Continue reading
Three More Counties Cleared
The NWS has cleared Walker, Greene and Sumter Counties from the tornado watch. The watch continues until 10 a.m. for the narrow strip of counties outlined in purple. The line of rain and some thunder continues to push eastward. The … Continue reading
Severe Weather Threat Continues
Our line of storms is growing in size and intensity early this morning. It extends from near Huntsville to Winfield in Marion County to near Columbus MS to Jackson and into Central Louisiana. There are several severe thunderstorm warnings across … Continue reading
No Warning for Pickens County, But Monitoring
The NWS is not going to issue a warning for the storm moving into Pickens County right now. It is approaching Macedonia in NW Pickens County. It is the one isolated storm ahead of the now nearly solid squall line. … Continue reading
Jefferson, Bibb and Blount Added to Tornado Watch
The NWS has added Jefferson, Bibb and Blount Counties to the Tornado Watch. It remains in effect until 5 a.m. CDT.
