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High Winds Northeast Jefferson County
Getting reports of numerous trees down in Center Point area according to Jefferson County Sheriffs. A tree is down on a car with occupants reportedly trapped. AN amateur radio report from center Point a short time ago indicated winds of … Continue reading
FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY….
From the NWS BMX… Partners, We are in the process of upgrading to a Flash Flood EMERGENCY for Jefferson County….This is with the next batch of heavy rain moving in from the south of the county. Again Flash Flood Emergency….we … Continue reading
Watching Barometer…and Anemometer
The pressure is now rising at Tuscaloosa…it dropped to 29.49 inches. Winds have been gusting to 35-45 mph in Tuscaloosa. The barometer at Birmingham is now rising…29.48 was its lowest report. Winds have now shifted to northerly at Birmingham and … Continue reading
Low Approaching Montgomery
A large area of very heavy rain continues just northwest of a boundary that lies across Alabama from Cherokee to Shelby to Marengo Counties. Flooding is widespread now across Jefferson County. The rain is moving out of Tuscaloosa County toward … Continue reading
New Tornado Watch for East Alabama
000 WWUS64 KBMX 052049 WCNBMX WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 838/842 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 349 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ALC001-005-011-015-017-021-027-029-037-047-051-081-085-087-101- 109-111-113-115-117-121-123-060300- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.A.0838.000000T0000Z-110905T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.A.0842.110905T2049Z-110906T0300Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 842 UNTIL 10 PM CDT … Continue reading
URGENT: Flood Warning Village Creek
Flood Warning for Village Creek at Avenue W…levels are rising rapidly and will top flood stage shortly. According to Gary Goggins at the NWS: Flood stage is 10 feet, and based on estimated rainfall that will occur, we are looking … Continue reading
Numerous Reports of Flooding in the Metro
Our Scanner volunteers, John Talbot and Richard Viola, report that the radios are super busy. A few reports… …Several streets in Hueytown impassable due to flooding…one neighborhood has 2-3 feet of standing water…John reports they are still getting heavy rain… … Continue reading
NWS Atlanta Has To Take Shelter
The NWS Peachtree City passed control to Birmingham at 2:51 p.m. CDT this afternoon as a potentially tornadic circulation bore down on the station. The NWS BMX just issued a tornado warning on their behalf. BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED … Continue reading
Strong Winds Moving Through Jefferson County
Strong winds are moving into Downtown Birmingham now. The thunderstorms that increased in intensity quickly over western Jefferson County have bowed out and Doppler radar shows base velocities of 45 knots only 1,200 feet off the ground. Damaging winds are … Continue reading
The Hits Just Keep on Coming…
…after all, it is the heart of hurricane season. Check out the Tropical Weather Outlook issue recently by the NHC… The GFS did not pick up on this system this morning. It did depict a system moving through the Bahamas … Continue reading
