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Strong Storms in the Birmingham Metro
Several strong storms are located across the Birmingham Metro at this hour. They developed in the intense heating of the day where the mercury reached at least 98F at the Birmingham Airport and 96F at the Shelby County Airport. Intersecting … Continue reading
East and West Storms
Showers and storms have developed across West Central Alabama and along the Georgia border, in the more favored areas from an instability standpoint. There are numerous from Franklin County southward through Fayette, Pickens and Western Tuscaloosa Counties on into Greene … Continue reading
Simple Says Satellite Sheldon
It’s a pretty simple pattern…best chance of rain in North Alabama today, but can limp into the Central Part later this afternoon/evening. Then hot, hot, hot for most of the state this weekend with little or no rainfall, except a … Continue reading
Alabama Keeps Going and Growing! Good News Stories From Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends
From Birmingham’s Batman to Tuscaloosa’s “Wicked” star and Miranda Lambert’s Alabama musician boyfriend, there are plenty of interesting people and good news stories from our friends at Alabama NewsCenter. Birmingham’s Batman legacy lives on through daughter’s efforts Jack Royer following … Continue reading
Dancing With the Stats: Western Heat Wave Edition
The huge ridge of high pressure continues to bake the southwestern United States. 1000-500 mb thickness values, a measurement of the distance between those two pressure levels aloft, are running 594 dkm over the Four Corners region of the Southwest, … Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there! We have a special Father’s Day present for you from all of us here in the Weather Department: some beautiful weather for your Sunday afternoon! This morning’s low clouds are evaporating … Continue reading
TD4 Soon?
Invest 94L over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico may well already be a tropical depression. Air Force Reconnaissance will investigate the system this afternoon. Wind shear is fairly light over the system and thunderstorms continue to concentrate near the center. … Continue reading
Remembering Hurricane Agnes (1972)
On this date in 1972, Hurricane Agnes moved ashore in the Florida panhandle as a weak Category 1 storm. The highest wind reported on the Gulf Coast was a gust to just 56 mph at Apalachicola, Florida. The $10 million … Continue reading
Sharing Alabama’s Good News From Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners
From Deontay Wilder to Winston Groom and from Project Sunrise to Milo’s Tea, there is a bit of good news for everyone at Alabama NewsCenter this past week. Because of all the severe weather posts today, we are re-posting these … Continue reading
New Warnings: Coosa/Chambers
The NWS has issued two new severe thunderstorm warnings: …For Chambers till 5:15 PM CDT …For Coosa till 5:15 PM CDT Winds of 60 mph and hail to the size of quarters are likely with the line of storms as … Continue reading
