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Is There a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Our Future?
We continue to monitor for the potential for severe weather across Central Alabama on this Tuesday afternoon. The band of showers and storms that started out over Arkansas this morning moved quickly east and sort of outran the cold front … Continue reading
System Moving Faster; Timeline Moved Up
Here is a late morning look at the severe weather situation for Alabama: HEADLINES …Damaging winds and hail are a possibility across a large part of Central and North Alabama this afternoon and early evening as one or two lines … Continue reading
A Noon Time Delivery of Good News from the Alabama News Center
The loss of an Alabama legendary literary figure and the triumph of a double-amputee high school wrestler were among the many recent things that allowed us to reflect on the greatness of our state. Our partners at Alabama NewsCenter brought … Continue reading
Things Calming (Fingers Crossed)
Our strong surface low has deepened to 993 mph tonight and it centered near Corinth MS. The cold front trails southward to just east of Jackson. A couple of disturbances are rotating around the circulation over Mississippi with strong vorticity … Continue reading
Storms Not Severe Across Central Alabama; Watching Mississippi Storms for Wind/Hail
An S-shaped line of heavy showers and storms extends fro near Ragland in St. Clair County tojust eat of Sylacauga to Rockford back to Verbena to Billinsgley and then to Valley Grande in Dallas County. Lots of lightning reported around … Continue reading
Damage Heavy From Pensacola Tornado
LATE REPORT AT 9:26 PM According to Escambia County Fire and EMS: Two buildings have been destroyed at GE/Westinghouse plant off of Scenic Highway. ORIGINAL REPORT Major damage is reported from the tornado that moved through parts of the City … Continue reading
Update on the Alabama Weather Situation
NEW WARNING Severe thunderstorm warning just issued for Dallas and Perry Counties in South Central Alabama. The warning includes Marion, Selma, Orrville and Valley Grande. Intense thunderstorms from Uniontown to Yellow Bluff. The most intense part of the storms will … Continue reading
Likely Tornado Approaching Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Pensacola
A tornado warning has been issued for Baldwin County Alabama and Escambia County in NW Florida. A powerful storm with strong indications of a waterspout is just south of Gulf Shores. It will move on shore, possibly becoming a strong … Continue reading
Radar Update at 6:45 p.m.
A large area of moderate to heavy rain is lifting northward across West Central Alabama at this hour. It extends across Pickens, Greene, Hale, Sumter Marengo and Choctaw Counties. A tornado warning is in effect for parts of Sumter County. … Continue reading
Tornado Watch Until Midnight for Much of Central Alabama
Here are the Central Alabama Counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa.
