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West Jefferson: Get Ready for Hail
Look at these two big hailers over Walker and northwestern Jefferson Counties. If you are in the yellow polygons, you are in a severe thunderstorm warning. Be ready for hail to the size of golfballs or larger. That size hail … Continue reading
Walker County Reports
Impressive hail reports from Walker County: Golfball sized hail in Manchester at 5:59…broke out several car windows and sunroofs. Egg sized hail was reported at Sipsey in Winston County around 6:10. Some folks up that way have had three hailstorms … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Central Alabama
The NWS has issued a severe thunderstorm watch now for Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston [AL] till 9:00 PM CDT. Here are the Alabama Counties.
Nasty Storms in Tennessee Valley
That’s very dangerous storm approaching the Alabama/Tennessee border. It is southwest of Pulaski TN. It is moving south southeast at 30 mph. It will reach northwest Limestone County in Alabama by 4:20. The storm’s VIL is at the top of … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for North Alabama
Before I even hit publish on my last post, the SPC did issue the severe thunderstorm watch. It goes until 9 p.m. It includes Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall and Morgan Counties in North Alabama. Skies … Continue reading
Slight Risk Posted for Saturday
The SPC has posted their basic severe weather risk forecast for today that includes much of the northwestern half of Alabama. It will go into effect at 7 a.m. Areas north and west of a line from Livingston to Maplesville … Continue reading
Can’t Beat It
Click image to enlarge A gorgeous March Sunday is in progress across Central Alabama. Sunshine rules the day, with just a few stratocumulus clouds around in the post-frontal northwesterly flow. Temperatures are quite mild, pushing toward the 70s, despite the … Continue reading
Showers Push Southeast
Showers and some thunder continue over the northeastern quarter of Alabama early this evening. The main concentration is over I-59 between Ashville and Fort Payne. Other showers are between Moulton and Hartselle. The activity is pushing southeastward and slowly weakening.
Birmingham March 80s May Set Record
Everyone has been abuzz about the recent warmth across Alabama and much of the eastern U.S. In Chicago, they think that March is the new July, with a record eight days of 80F or higher in the Windy City. They … Continue reading
Pike County Tornado
The National Weather Service Birmingham did a great job with a storm that developed in South Central Alabama Friday morning. They issued a tornado warning just before 9 o’clock. The storm went on to produce a tornado that touched down … Continue reading
