Author Archives: murray
It Never Rains in Southern California, But…
Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I’ve often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl don’t they warn ya It pours, man it pours So sang Albert Hammond in his top five … Continue reading
Miss. St. Severe Storms Symposium Coming Up April 4th-5th
The East Mississippi Chapter of the NWA/AMS is hosting the 12th Annual Southeast SevereStorms Symposium on April 4th-5th, 2014. The symposium will be held at The Palmeiro Center on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. Each year … Continue reading
No Change in the Forecast
Colder air continues to flow into Alabama and Mississippi late tonight. Meanwhile, low pressure moving along the Gulf Coast is combining with an upper level disturbance to produce rain showers with some thunder over northern Mississippi into North Alabama. The … Continue reading
Thundersleet!
Thundersleet in Collierville near Memphis. I think we have seen it all this winter. Operation Wintry Precip Watch is on for tonight across North and North Central Alabama. Ryan Stinnett and I will be monitoring radars, surface observations, model data … Continue reading
Heads Up: Server Maintenance Tonight at Midnight
I don’t know if you noticed, but on Friday, February 7th, Network Solutions, Inc upgraded AlabamaWX to a much more powerful server setup that has allowed us to handle over ten times the traffic we could previously. We have been … Continue reading
Pell City Pelicans
Nancy Galloway spotted an unusual sight from her home on Lake Logan Martin Saturday: a huge flock of visiting pelicans apparently passing through the area. She said the amazing thing was the size of the birds, dwarfing the Canadian Geese … Continue reading
The Scottish Inn Tornado
Weather maps on the morning of Sunday, February 23, 1975 showed a low pressure system over North Central Mississippi. The low was not very strong. At 6 a.m. that morning, the pressure in the low was only 1004 mb. A … Continue reading
Possible Tornado Passing Just North of Daytona 500
There have been a few severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings in North Florida this afternoon. One of the storms that showed radar indications of a possible tornado is passing just north of the Daytona International Speedway. A tornado warning was … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Sky Covers
It has been a tale of two sky covers across Alabama on this last Sunday in February. South of a line from Meridian to Montgomery to Phenix City, skies have been mostly cloudy. Rain has been common to the south … Continue reading
Stormy Morning Along the Gulf Coast
It has not been a good morning for beachcombing along the beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast from Dauphin Island to Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Pensacola. More suited for sleeping in and listening to it thunder. Thunderstorms developed during … Continue reading
