Author Archives: murray
Bumper Car Storms
Outflow boundaries have been crashing together over Jefferson County like it was the Alabama State Fair in the past hour and this had led to some decent thunderstorms. They are mainly concentrated from the Gardendale area over toward Trussville. Another … Continue reading
The Hampton Birdinn
Our Skywatcher in Coker, Ronald Hughes, is quite the accomplished builder of bird houses. Mind you, these are not your ordinary, run of the mill birdhouses. These are world class domiciles that any of our fine feathered friends would be … Continue reading
East Alabama Gets in on the Act
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA, SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE, NORTHEASTERN CLAY AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT for Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega [AL] till 5:30 PM CDT. Storms have fired up this afternoon from the Weaver, Anniston and Oxford … Continue reading
Storms Southwest of Birmingham Quite Strong
Active thunderstorms are quite strong over extreme northeastern Tuscaloosa, southwestern Jefferson and northern Bibb Counties. A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 3:45 p.m. for these counties and northwestern Shelby as well. Storms have exploded from Bessemer western to … Continue reading
Birmingham Area Storms Still Packing a Punch
Radar indicates intense storms still across much of the eastern part of Birmingham from Roebuck Plaza through Irondale, Mountain Brook, Cahaba Heights, Vestavia, Homewood and Hoover. The storms are weakening but are still packing a punch with heavy rain, lightning … Continue reading
Couple of Notes from Trussville
From JB Elliott: Trussville 2:35 PM Rain 2.04 inches most within 40 minutes. Still moderate to occasionally heavy rain. Temperature plunged to 72. Back yard flooded. From me…drive around trussville reveals considerable water standing on roads…road behind first commercial bank … Continue reading
67 mph Wind Gust at BHM
Winds gusted to 67 mph at the Birmingham International Airport at 2:04 p.m.
Flooding A Concern in Urban Areas
Heavy rain falling across urbanized areas of the Birmingham metro area has triggered an areal flood advisory for Jefferson County. Areas inside a box from Adamsville to Midfield to Vestavia Hills to Leeds to Argo including downtown are in the … Continue reading
Storms Slowly Going Downhill
The storms over Central Alabama are starting to slowly go downhill tonight as they lose their fuel. But they are still quite noisy over northeastern Jefferson into southern Blount Counties. Nothing severe, but dangerous lightning, very heavy rains and gusty … Continue reading
Storms Continue Late This Evening
Storms fired late this afternoon from North Central Alabama down through West Central Alabama and into eastern Mississippi along a surface trough. Drawing on high levels of instability, the storms became quite strong to even severe, especially along outflow boundaries … Continue reading
