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Five More Counties Cleared from Tornado Watch…Including Birmingham/Tuscaloosa
ALC009-063-073-119-125-051915- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.A.0838.000000T0000Z-110905T2100Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 838 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ALABAMA THIS CANCELS 5 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA BLOUNT JEFFERSON IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA GREENE SUMTER TUSCALOOSA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…BIRMINGHAM…EUTAW…HOOVER… LIVINGSTON…ONEONTA…TUSCALOOSA AND … Continue reading
Alabama at 12:30 p.m.
Heavy rain with a few embedded tornadoes continues across Alabama this Labor Day afternoon. You can see the watches and warnings on the left side of the panel above. The weather map shows a stationary front over North and western … Continue reading
A Wet Alabama at 10 a.m.
Click to enlarge the graphics. The remnants of Lee are on the move now. The center is 120 south of Jackson MS. Heavy rain covers the northwestern half of Alabama. There are numerous flash flood warnings, shown in the left … Continue reading
Our Hottest Day
Alabama’s all-time record heat wave was at its height on this date in 1925. Birmingham was recording its third of seven straight days with temperatures over 100 degrees. On the 5th and 6th, the temperature in the Magic City topped … Continue reading
New Tornado Watch
A new tornado watch has been issued for Central Alabama…it goes until 4 p.m. Counties include: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, … Continue reading
Will Be An Interesting Day
A few notes early this morning… The SPC says they may upgrade parts of Alabama to a Moderate Risk outlook for severe weather today. We currently will go under a slight risk at 7 a.m. this morning for the rest … Continue reading
Heads Up West Alabama
Stronger storm cells over East central Mississippi from near Philadelphia to west of Meridian may rotate up into West Alabama’s Sumter, Greene, Pickens, Lamar and Marion Counties in a couple of hours. They are part of the leading edge of … Continue reading
Heavy Rain Tuscaloosa/Birmingham Areas
Very heavy rain now extends from near Tuscaloosa to lake View to Calera. There are also heavy showers in the Trussville area. This activity will keep lifting northeast spreading heavy rain over much of the area from Birmingham back to … Continue reading
Update at 1:45 a.m.
The NWS has extended the tornado watch area to include Autauga, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Montgomery, Perry, and Pickens Counties till 7:00 AM CDT. The tornado watch continues for Marengo and Sumter Counties as well. There are two tornado warnings … Continue reading
Lee Downgraded to Depression
BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL132011 1000 PM CDT SUN SEP 04 2011 …LEE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION…FLOODING RAINS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TO THE APPALACHIANS… SUMMARY … Continue reading
