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Metro Showers Getting Heavier
Showers in the Birmingham Metro area are growing and getting heavier. There already is some heavy rain. A Skywatcher in Vestavia reported 1.5 inches of rain a short while ago from one of the heavier showers. This image shows the … Continue reading
Scattered Storms Forming
Scattered storms are starting to form across North Central Alabama late this morning. You can see a nice cumulus field across the area on visible satellite photos. Temperatures are in the middle and upper 80s already, warm enough to trigger … Continue reading
The 1980 Heat Wave: July 14th
On this date in 1980, heat wave deaths were soaring nationally and in Alabama as a powerful heat wave held much of the country in its grips. Birmingham’s Mayor Richard Arrington called for emergency relief and declared a state of … Continue reading
Late Evening Storms
Weakening area of showers over Northwest Alabama’s Walker, Marion, Winston and Lawrence Counties. A complex of stronger storms was over South Central Alabama’s Lowndes and Autauga Counties west of Montgomery and Prattville. The South Central Alabama storms were pushing northwest. … Continue reading
Friday Evening Update
A few showers and thunderstorms are around the state this evening. They are moving from the southeast to the north northwest. If you find yourself under one of the showers you will experience lightning and torrential rain with some localized … Continue reading
Storms To The North, Showers Lingering
All warnings have been allowed to expire and things are winding down. The strongest storms remain from Gadsden down to Anniston and Ranburne The rest of the heavier thunderstorm activity has moved north of our area and into the Tennessee … Continue reading
Radar Check
Showers and a few thunderstorms, some of which have been heavy, continue to work their way from southwest to northeast across the area. Southern and eastern suburbs of the Birmingham metro have received some heavy rain this evening. This complex … Continue reading
Early Evening Update…
A few showers and thunderstorms continue to pulse up in intensity this evening. Most of the area remains fairly calm. These storms continue to work their way off to the north and east. Could be affecting Tuscaloosa in about … Continue reading
A Evening Look at Alabama’s Weather
Temperatures this afternoon across Central Alabama were lower on this Saturday, the result of persistent clouds and a few showers that hung on for part of the day. The mercury made a brief rally before the closing bell, pushing readings … Continue reading
Mid-Afternoon Update…
Showers and thunderstorms this morning have left some cloud cover that has seemed to prevent some daytime heating and not allow as much instability to build. Not as many thunderstorms today as yesterday. There are a few isolated strong thunderstorms … Continue reading
