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Tornado Watch for North and Central Alabama Until 10 p.m.
Counties included are: Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Marengo, Marion, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston.
Tornado Watch Soon for North and Central Alabama
The latest from the SPC highlights the threat of a few strong tornadoes for the next few hours over western Alabama into Middle Tennessee. The potential watch area is outlined in pink. Click the image to enlarge the graphic and … Continue reading
Three Tornadic Storms in Eastern Mississippi
There are three tornado warnings in eastern Mississippi right now. One is just west of Starkville. The warning does not include the campus of Mississippi State University. That storm shows strong rotation but no debris signature right now. This one … Continue reading
Everyone Knows It’s Windy (and Warm)
Who’s tripping down the streets of the city Smilin’ at everybody she sees Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment Everyone knows it’s Windy Do you remember that song by The Association? It certainly applies to today’s weather. This graphic … Continue reading
Tornado Threat Increasing for Eastern Mississippi, Eventually West Alabama
The SPC just issued a mesoscale discussion for the increasing tornado threat over eastern Mississippi. Here is a current graphic showing the satellite, radar, temperatures, the area covered by the mesoscale discussion in Mississippi. This activity will of course push … Continue reading
Tornado Watches Issued
A few things to note from the graphic: …A tornado watch has now been issued for northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and small parts of eastern Arkansas, southern Illinois and the Missouri Bootheel. It goes until 7 p.m. …A … Continue reading
SPC Expands Enhanced Risk Area; Several School Systems Dismissing Early
The morning update to the SPC severe weather outlook expanded the enhanced risk area to include much of the northwestern half of Alabama. The enhanced risk area now extends from Louisville KY to just east of Memphis and Nashville to … Continue reading
Storms Have Already Formed Over Northwest Alabama
Good morning! We are settling in for a long day and night of monitoring severe weather here at AlabamaWX. We will have frequent updates throughout the day of the thinking about the meteorology and of course a running account of … Continue reading
A Look Back, A Look Ahead
Looking back at the climate numbers for January in Birmingham and looking ahead to what we usually can expect in February: The mean temperature for January 2016 at Birmingham was 42.5F, which is slightly cooler than the 43.8F average mean. … Continue reading
Late Night Thoughts on Tuesday Evening
The evening run of the North American Mesoscale Model has increased concerns for the possibility of severe weather, including tornadoes over Central Alabama early Tuesday evening. Early looks at the GFS are not quite as bullish, but also indicate the … Continue reading
