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Storms To Our West Due in Here Tomorrow Morning
It has been a rough afternoon and night to the west of Alabama with a huge squall line producing tornadoes in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Tornadoes have threatened the Shreveport Metro, the Little Rock Metro and menaced Denison, … Continue reading
Stronger Storms Over Northwest Alabama
Here is the radar at noon: Strong thunderstorm continue late this morning over Northeast Mississippi into Northwest Alabama, from Monroe County MS into western Marion County in Alabama. An areal flood advisory was just posted for Marion County where minor … Continue reading
Possible Tornado/117 mph Wind Gust in Amory MS Earlier?
LATE REPORT From the NWS Memphis: Smithville [Monroe Co, MS] public reports TORNADO at 09:03 AM CDT — smithville marina reports boats toppled over and buildings demolished. definite path of destruction. ORIGINAL POST That impressive little mesoscale convective vortex over … Continue reading
Could a Watch Be In Our Future?
A potent little mesoscale convective vortex is rotating into Northwest Alabama early on this Memorial Day. There is very little instability ahead of the system, but it is ingesting unstable air from the south on a strong low level wind. … Continue reading
Heads Up Lamar/Marion Counties
8:45 a.m. Monday As expected, the first line of storms weakened as it crossed into Alabama overnight, but stronger storms are over Northeast Mississippi at this hour, poised to enter West Alabama within the hour. A severe thunderstorm warning is … Continue reading
Who You Gonna Call? Drought Busters!
We have of course been following with great interest the breaking of the drought in Oklahoma. Three months ago, 22.8% of the Sooner State was in Extreme or Exceptional Drought, the worst two categories. This week, that number had dropped … Continue reading
Showers and Storms Moving in on Birmingham Metro
Showers and storms that appeared they were going to stay mainly west of I-65 have gone rogue this afternoon and will impact a good bit of Shelby and Jefferson Counties over the next couple of hours. Strong storms are currently … Continue reading
Showers and Storms Moving North Through West Alabama
A warm humid airmass covers Alabama and the Deep South this afternoon. The cumulus field over Georgia was about as uniform and beautiful as you will ever see with fairly stable conditions in place over the Peach State. To the … Continue reading
So That Is Why I Am Sweating…
There has been a stubborn mini-ridge of high pressure holding sway over Alabama and the Southeast for the past several days. Visible satellite imagery showed the two rivers of air moving across Alabama this morning clearly: a south southeasterly low … Continue reading
A Long Way From Home
UPDATE JUST AFTER 7 Power is reported out in the Brook Highland shopping area and in Bessemer on 9th avenue between 16th and 19th street. But don’t worry, the storms are not severe. At 7:10, they are lined up from … Continue reading
