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Increasing Sunshine
A band of clouds across Central Alabama has been limiting sunshine in spots across the area on this first Sunday of the new year. The clouds have been eroding slowly as the band moves slowly southward. Temperatures are in the … Continue reading
Happy New Year from the Alabama News Center!
Christmas storms, football and economic development news made for an interesting week and our partners at Alabama NewsCenter found and highlighted the good in all of it. Here is a look back at the last week of 2015 as we … Continue reading
A Wet Year it Was…or Was it?
Rain will return to Alabama overnight as another upper level disturbance zips by us in the northwesterly flow aloft. RAINFALL TOTALS: By the time the rainfall ends later today, there should be a sharp gradient in rainfall amounts across Central … Continue reading
Rain Ended over West Central Alabama, Sun Beginning to Peek Out
The rain is now over the eastern two thirds of Alabama this afternoon. It will be ending in Birmingham shortly and has already ended in Tuscaloosa. 1.24 inches of rain had fallen at the Birmingham Airport through 2:13 p.m. The … Continue reading
Severe Threat Still Down South for Now
As we alluded to in our earlier posts, there is strong wind shear across the western half of Alabama this morning. So any storms that get going could produce a tornado. Instability is low however over Central Alabama, so thus … Continue reading
Biggest Severe Threat Near the Coast For Now
Three tornado warnings right now across southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida. There is a radar confirmed tornado with a debris signature northeast of Molino in Santa Rosa County north of Pensacola. This storm will move into Escambia County AL near … Continue reading
Tornado Watch Issued for Western Half of Alabama until Noon
(Scroll down for James’ assessment of this mornings severe weather situation. Brian will have the video shortly.) A line of strong to severe thunderstorms is approaching the Alabama border at this hour as expected. A tornado watch has just been … Continue reading
New Day One is Out
The Storm Prediction Center has issued their Day One Convective Outlook for today (Monday). As expected, a slight risk outlook is posted for the western three fourths of Alabama. Areas west of a line from Guntersville to Ashland to Tuskegee … Continue reading
Flash Flood Watches Issued for Monday
The NWS in Birmingham has issued a flash flood watch for North Central Alabama for Monday. It goes into effect at 6 am tomorrow. This joins the flash flood watch that the NWS in Huntsville had already posted. A fairly … Continue reading
Big Tornadoes in the Dallas Metroplex Tonight
Supercells moving across North Texas tonight ahead of a cold front have produced multiple tornadoes, including a large and extremely dangerous tornado that crossed the Dallas area between 6-7 p.m. tonight. It touched down around 6:47 in eastern Dallas County … Continue reading
