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New Tornado Watch for North Alabama Until 11 p.m.

A new tornado watch has been issued for North Alabama and Middle Tennessee. It goes until 11 p.m. CST. Alabama Counties included in the Birmingham NWS area are: In the Huntsville NWS area: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and … Continue reading →

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Tornado Emergency for Holly Springs MS.

A significant tornado outbreak appears to be unfolding across northern Mississippi. What appears to be a long track damaging tornado continues to be on the ground southwest of Holly Springs. It will cross US-78 soon. Here is the four panel … Continue reading →

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Mid-Afternoon Update

Here is an update on the Alabama weather situation at 3:20 p.m. An extensive area of showers and storms continues pushing northeastward across Central Alabama at this hour. It extends from Maplesville in Chilton County to west of Selma to … Continue reading →

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Tornado Reported Near Clarksdale MS

There is a tornado warning south of Clarksdale in Mississippi. A tornado was just reported with this storm by a storm chaser. There is visible debris being reported. This storm will move north of Batesville and then near Holly Springs … Continue reading →

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Tornado Watch for Central, Southwest Alabama

As expected, the NWS has issued a tornado watch for West Central and Southwest Alabama until 8 p.m. Storms across Central Alabama from Choctaw and Marengo Counties across Perry and into Bibb and Autauga Counties are poised to intensify as … Continue reading →

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Alabama Update Just Before 2 p.m.

Storms have increased over Southwest Alabama in the past 30 minutes and are lifting into West Central and Central Alabama. They are embedded in an area of clearing skies, which is allowing sunshine to push temperatures into the 70s with … Continue reading →

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Mama Mia, That’s a Low Barometer Reading!

The surface low is approaching Kansas City early this afternoon. To demonstrate its strength, the barometer at KCI airport is now reading 29.09 inches!! Wow.

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New Tornado Watch Issued to the West, Timing Update

The anticipated tornado watch has been issued for parts of eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, northeastern Louisiana and northern Mississippi. It comes right up to the Northwest Corner of Alabama. It is interesting to note that it is a PDS (Particularly … Continue reading →

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Updating the Alabama Weather Situation Just Before Noon

The AlabamaWX blog is in severe weather mode through the duration of this threat. We are running the site in a high traffic mode, with many oft he extra features turned of to handle as much as traffic as possible. … Continue reading →

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Good News For the Holidays From the Alabama News Center

A Heisman, higher water levels, helping others, hunting for the perfect Alabama Christmas gift and all that jazz were some of our favorite stories this past week from Alabama NewsCenter. Here are some we would like to share with you. … Continue reading →

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