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Dancing With the Stats
The much advertised heavy rainfall amounts have actually lived up to their billing this week across Central Alabama, although it hasn’t seemed like it. Areas within about 50 miles either side of the I-20 corridor have received two to three … Continue reading
Storms Firing Over Northwest Alabama
Showers continue to grow across northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi this afternoon ahead of an upper level disturbance. A strong storm is over northern Pickens and southeastern Lamar Counties moving into Fayette and northwestern Tuscaloosa Counties. It already has lots … Continue reading
Round Two Underway
We are now in the beginning of the second round of a triple header of weather action that is underway across Central Alabama on this mid-April Sunday. The first round brought wind damage to Cherokee County and a possible tornado … Continue reading
Round 1 Ending For Central Alabama. Two Rounds to Go.
Active weather continues across Southeast Alabama this morning as severe thunderstorms associated with an upper level disturbance move into Georgia. A strong upper level jet helped to intensify the storms and low level spin in the atmosphere allowed possible tornadoes … Continue reading
Rain and Storms Continue to Develop
Heavy rain continues to develop in the I-20 corridor at this hour, with moderate to heavy rain all the way from the Pell City area westward into Jefferson and Shelby Counties they through Tuscaloosa and on into Pickens and Sumter … Continue reading
Flooding Concerns Increasing
Rain and thunderstorms have increased this morning over the southwestern half of the area, generally west of I-65 and south of US-280. Rainfall has been especially heavy over the northern half of the City of Tuscaloosa over the past hour … Continue reading
Rain Dead Ahead
An active southern branch of the jetstream will bring heavy rainfall to Central Alabama over the next ten days. In fact, some model data indicates that we may deal with as much as 5-10 inches of rain during the period. … Continue reading
Messy Rush Hour
It is a messy rush hour across a large part of the Birmingham Metro area this morning with torrential rain falling from thunderstorms. Rain is heaviest across the southern part of the Metro, especially along I-459 to the west of … Continue reading
The Alabama Weather Situation at 11:30 p.m.
We continue to monitor active weather to our northwest late tonight as a cold front pushes towards Alabama. The front is about 75 miles northwest of Little Rock at this hour. It will be near Hamilton by 7 a.m. and … Continue reading
Holiday Afternoon Update
Easter egg hunts and other holiday celebrations have enjoyed decent weather on this Sunday. Clouds were overspreading Alabama ahead of our next weather maker. That weather maker is an upper level disturbance and large area of deep moisture over the … Continue reading
