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Flash Flood Watch Issued for Central Alabama
000 WGUS64 KBMX 040216 FFABMX URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 916 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING… ALZ011>015-017>027-030>035-039>042-050215- /O.NEW.KBMX.FF.A.0009.110904T1500Z-110906T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. … Continue reading
Lee Crossing the Coast
Tropical Storm Lee is crossing the Louisiana coast south of Morgan City at this hour. Maximum sustained winds are 60 mph. The central pressure has dropped a little further…to 989 mb. One change in the warnings. The tropical storm watch … Continue reading
A Mid-Morning Look at Lee
LATEST ON LEE AS OF 10 AM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LEE ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL132011 1000 AM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011 …LEE APPROACHING ATCHAFALAYA BAY…HEAVY RAINS…STRONG GUSTY WINDS…AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES LASHING SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA… … Continue reading
The 1925 Heat Wave
The headline on the Thursday, September 3, 1925 edition of the self proclaimed “South’s Greatest Newspaper,” The Birmingham News, moaned the loss of the U.S. naval dirigible Shenandoah, which broke apart after flying into a line of thunderstorms over Ohio. … Continue reading
Lee A Little Stronger
A quick update on Lee this morning… Top winds 50 mph… Central pressure 995 mb… The “center” is 80 miles south of New Iberia. Movement in north northwest at 7 mph… The official track is a little faster and a … Continue reading
Lee at 10 p.m.
BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LEE ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL132011 1000 PM CDT FRI SEP 02 2011 …LEE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD…HEAVY RAINS SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST… SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT…0300 UTC…INFORMATION … Continue reading
Good Night Irene…
GOOD NIGHT IRENE: I have been waiting nine days to say that. Now I can, as the NHC issued the last advisory at 10 p.m. tonight. Irene had weakened to a tropical storm before it made landfall near New York … Continue reading
A Prophetic Statement from Katrina (2005)
As Hurricane Katrina intensified rapidly and reached Category Five status on this date six years ago, the National Weather Service in New Orleans issued the following frightening statement: URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1011 AM … Continue reading
Six Years Ago Today…Remembering Hurricane Katrina
Just after midnight on this date in 2005, Air Force reconnaissance found 145 mph sustained winds in Hurricane Katrina. It was centered 300 miles SSE of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The central pressure was down to 935 millibars. … Continue reading
Irene… Jose! Katia?
IRENE AND THE MEGAOPOLIS: Overnight and this morning, Irene has tracked just offshore of the mid-Atlantic coast. It made landfall very near New York City around 8:30 a.m. The windfield with Irene is very large, and strong tropical storm force … Continue reading
