Our line of thunderstorms (or really intense showers, since it has little lightning) has surged ahead this morning ahead of a strong cold front and is moving a little faster toward Central Alabama. Instability is increasing over West Central Alabama … Continue reading →

Our line of thunderstorms continues to move east this morning. It has just passed through Shreveport on I-20, where a few trees were reported down on West Lakeshore Drive at 1 a.m. There have been at least 41 reprots of … Continue reading →

Showers and storms are developing late tonight over southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama. This activity will likely grow to become round one of a two round system for Alabama overnight and tomorrow morning. These showers will increase in coverage and … Continue reading →

The Storm Prediction Center’s first severe weather outlook of the day didn’t include Birmingham, as James noted earlier. But the 7 a.m. update did nudge the severe weather risk eastward a bit, as you can see in this graphic from … Continue reading →

The NWS Huntsville has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Madison, Jackson and Marshal Counties in North Alabama. Storm between Owens Crossroads and Gurley will move east in general direction of Scottsboro. In the Birmingham area, our line … Continue reading →

That little mesoscale vortex that we have been tracking all the way from Central Louisiana tonight is in the Huntsville area now. It is kicking up quite a little fuss, with a good bit of lightning, but nothing severe. Winds … Continue reading →

The National Weather Service in Jackson just canceled the only severe thunderstorm warning that was still in effect across their area, state, in fact the country. It was for Webster County, which is northwest of Starkville. The warning was for … Continue reading →

Not much change in the thinking late this evening. The northern part of the line of storms is now into western Tennessee around Memphis. Recently saw a report of some dime sized hail at I-40. So the storms there are … Continue reading →

A line of strong thunderstorms is pushing eastward across eastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, eastern Araknsas, the Missouri Bootheel and western Kentucky. Storms have formed ahead of the line over western Tennessee ahead of the main line. Some of the storms … Continue reading →

It has been a mixed bag of clouds and some sun across Central Alabama on this December Sunday. Patchy dense fog developed in areas that saw clear skies overnight, but visibilities were generally not too limited. Overnight lows looked more … Continue reading →