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Major Flooding Event in Southeast Alabama
A major flooding event is in progress across Southeast and South Alabama. UPDATE AT 12:08: CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1205 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS … Continue reading
Early Morning Notes
It has been a relatively quiet night across Central Alabama. The tornado watch for this part of the state has expired. A new tornado watch goes until 9 a.m. now for SE Alabama. Counties in the watch in the Birmingham … Continue reading
Checking in Just After 2:30 a.m.
As we thought it might, the main line of showers and thunderstorms has slowed its forward progress this morning. Shortly before 2:30 a.m., the line extended from Albertville to Oneonta to Pinson to the City of Tuscaloosa to near Emelle … Continue reading
Tuscaloosa County Storms Have Strengthened
Storms have intensified over Tuscaloosa County and over eastern Pickens Counties early this morning. They are not severe, but they are some of the strongest storms we have seen across Central Alabama during this event. The tops of the thunderstorms … Continue reading
Strong Storms Over Walker County
Still no severe weather across Central Alabama this evening as we pass the witching hour. A severe thunderstorm warning was just issued for Coffee County in Southeast Alabama. A narrow but nearly solid line of showers and thunderstorms extends from … Continue reading
So Far So Good
The severe thunderstorm warning for Lawrence and Morgan Counties in North Alabama has expired. A new tornado watch has been issued for Northeast Alabama. South of there, things are still in pretty good shape, with all storm staying below severe … Continue reading
Quick Radar Update at 9:15 p.m.
Thunderstorms continue over Northwest Alabama at this hour. They extend across Lamar, Marion and into southeastern Franklin County, from near Sulligent to Hamilton to Phil Campbell. These storms will also move into Fayette County. Other storms south of Columbus MS … Continue reading
New Tornado Watch Possible Soon for Northwest/Central Alabama
Sorry that we lost the blog for several minutes there. One especially bandwidth hungry widget got reinstalled somehow and brought everything down when traffic spiked. Widespread showers are affecting the eastern half of Central Alabama. The only warning is for … Continue reading
Heartbreaking News
Up until today, the United States was on a path that would lead to an all-time record low number of tornado fatalities for the year. But there are numerous reports from spotters and other sources of at least some fatalities … Continue reading
Eerie Skies
I liked what one person said on Twitter a short while ago: “It looks like I am in an Instagram filter.” The skies around Birmingham turned an eerie yellowish green to orange this evening as the sunset. Throw in some … Continue reading
