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Watching the Wintry Weather
A wintry mix continues moving northeastward tonight across eastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama. Snow was accumulating on raised surface in and around Winfield and Hamilton in Marion County. It was 28F at Haleyville with a wintry mix. Some of the … Continue reading
Winter Weather Advisory for Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston
The NWS Birmingham has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective until noon today for counties over West Central and Northwest Alabama, including: Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker and Winston. Snowfall accumulations will be light over the Advisory area, less than 1/2 … Continue reading
Some Snow into Alabama
Light snow moved into Northwest Alabama’s Marion County just after 11 p.m. Sleet was reported at Columbus MS in the past few minutes. The precipitation was increasing according to radar over Franklin, Winston and Marion Counties. Upstream, areas of light … Continue reading
More Reports
…2 inches across much of Miller County AR (Texarkana) at 8:36 p.m. …3 inches around Benton AR as of 8:40 p.m. …1.5 inches around Ashdown AR. …3 inches at Searcy AR. …Changing to freezing rain in West Monroe LA (on … Continue reading
8 p.m. Update
A shield of light precipitation is moving eastward tonight across eastern Oklahoma, eastern Texas, much of Arkansas, as well as much of Louisiana. Let’s go back to the west and north and look at some reports, forecasts and advisories: NE … Continue reading
Morning Lows
More lows than you can shake a stick at from the NWS Birmingham: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1030 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 …LATEST LOW TEMPERATURE REPORTS… LOCATION TEMP TIME/DATE …AUTAUGA… 1 NNW PRATTVILLE (359 … Continue reading
A Slow Go, But Improving Conditions Ahead
With clear skies across almost all of Alabama, you can make out the snowfall still in place across Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and even Northwest Florida! It is 25F at Tuscaloosa and Birmingham at 9 a.m. with 18F at Anniston. Overnight … Continue reading
Please Don’t Drive
Roads have improved in many areas this afternoon with a good bit of drying, but secondary roads are still a mess and traffic has become heavy on some of the major arteries. New accidents are occurring, causing additional traffic snarls. … Continue reading
Major Trouble Spots, Shelters
The word tonight is patience. Prepared to delay traveling in the morning until 10 or 11 a.m. and check roads during the morning befor etraveling. …A couple of school buses are stranded at this hour. One is in the Oxmoor … Continue reading
Bad Situation
A very bad situation is in progress across the Birmingham Metro area and much of Central Alabama, reminiscent of the 1982 Winter Storm. Tens of thousands of people are trying to make it home at this hour and roads are … Continue reading
