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Thick as Pea Soup in Spots, Storms in Others
Fog is very thick in spots across Central Alabama. The Trussville SKkcam is socked in. Gadsden as well. Visibility at Cullman is 1 mile, 3/4 of a mile at Calera and Albertville. It’s down to 1/2 mile at Alex City. … Continue reading
Storms Weakening…But We’re Watching
Our complex of storms continues to push rapidly east southeastward across northern Mississippi tonight. It is now… …55 miles WNW of Marion and Lamar Counties …60 miles WNW of Pickens County …80 miles WNW of northern Sumter County The complex … Continue reading
Warnings Continue Across Mississippi
A complex of thunderstorms over northwestern Mississippi continues to push rapidly east southeastward tonight at 45 mph. There are 4 severe thunderstorm warnings and 2 tornado warnings right now in Mississippi. The system will move into lower instabilities as it … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for all of Northern Mississippi
The SPC has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the eastern two third of the northern half of Mississippi til 11 p.m. The northern half of Mississippi is now under a severe thunderstorm watch. We expect the storms to weaken … Continue reading
Strong Storms to Our West Will Weaken Before They Get Here
ROUND ONE: The first round of showers is moving out of East Alabama and into Georgia this afternoon. There were some decent rainfall amounts over West Alabama, but the system weakened as it moved into drier air after lunch. Some … Continue reading
February Almanac
Photograph by Kathy Bell, owner of kbella photography. February 2nd is Candlemas Day. It is the traditional midpoint of winter. By early February, Alabama is beginning to really feel the move toward spring. Days are lengthening and average temperatures are … Continue reading
Today’s NOAA Weatheradio Test May Be Postponed
The NWS may not perform its normal weekly test of NOAA Weatheradio today since we are having rain and some embedded thunder. There won’t be any severe weather today, but they may postpone just to make sure no one gets … Continue reading
Rain, Some Embedded Thunder, Nothing Strong
Rain was increasing over West Central and Southwest Alabama this morning as a shortwave trough lifts northeast across Central Mississippi. Light to moderate rain was generally along I-59 from DeKalb County in the Northeast to near Birmingham to near Vance. … Continue reading
Birmingham’s Second Biggest Snow
On January 18, 1936, a swarm of tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama. Four people died as an F2 tornado passed from near Fyffe to near Rainsville in DeKalb County, killing four people. Another twister touched down near Columbiana. One … Continue reading
Winewood Winter Storm 1982
The Winewood neighborhood in Center Point suffered damage in the EF3 tornado early Monday morning. Tim Carr sent a link to his excellent Flickr album of photos from the Winewood neighborhood from the 1982 Winter Storm that affected Central Alabama … Continue reading
