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Amazing Rains in San Antonio
UPDATED AT 11:45 FOR THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER GRAPHIC AND THE 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTAL BETWEEN 6-7 AM. A major, life threatening flash flooding event has been occurring this morning in the San Antonio area as moist, unstable air over … Continue reading
The Biggest Earthquake in History
Steve Jones of AlabamaQuake.com supplied the following piece of interesting seismic history today: “At 3:11 pm (19:11 UTC) on the afternoon of Saturday, 22 May 1960, the devastating magnitude 9.5 (Mw) event struck in west-central Chile. Severe damage from shaking … Continue reading
Showers and Storms Starting to Light the Radar
Showers and storms are starting to form over the eastern part of Alabama this afternoon in places where there has been sunshine. One such storm quickly blossomed near Gadsden and moved up I-59 a bit, becoming pretty strong in the … Continue reading
The Great Pickens County Hailstorm of 1928
On this date in 1928, a 45 minute long barrage of hen’s egg to baseball sized hail struck Pickens County around 9 a.m. According to historical reports, many head of livestock were killed and the hail piled so deep in … Continue reading
Storms Less Than An Hour Out From West Alabama, but Weaker
Our line of showers and storms has held together tonight, but it is slowly weakening. It now extends from Corinth to Booneville to Tupelo to west of Starkville and Louisville. It is now nearing just one county from western Alabama. … Continue reading
Severe Storms Over Central Mississippi
Showers and storms continue to push eastward across Mississippi tonight. They are severe from the Grenada area south southwestward to Belzoni then into eastern Louisiana, approaching the River around Vicksburg and Port Gibson. SOME WIND REPORTS …Many reports of trees … Continue reading
Mississippi Storms Weakening, But a Couple are Severe
A line of strong thunderstorms is slowing down and weakening as it tries to push across Mississippi tonight. Despite the overall weakening trend, the storms on the southern end have intensified. The storm that is at the end of the … Continue reading
Tornado Emergency Oklahoma City
A large and powerful tornado is on the ground right now approaching Moore, Oklahoma. Here is the stream from KFOR.
Storms Building into Blount, Etowah
Storms continue to slowly build southwestward this evening over Northeast Alabama into more unstable air to the southwest, aided by a cold pool of air aloft that is edging in from Georgia. The storm over Marshall County has gotten quite … Continue reading
Strong Storms Over Northeast Alabama
Strong storms continue over Northeast Alabama at this hour. They are over Jackson and DeKalb Counties, down through Cherokee County, into Calhoun and Cleburne Counties. Another strong storm has formed southwest of Gadsden in Etowah County. The storms are not … Continue reading
