Author Archives: murray
Storms Firing Over East Central Alabama
Storms are starting to fire from West Central Georgia near Carrollton to north of Wedowee to near Ashland and Lineville in Clay County. They are already quite strong with tops to over 40,000 feet near Ashland. The storms are moving … Continue reading
One Last Check…
Storms are slowly weakening over West Alabama. Just watched the storms over Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties puff out 2 outflow boundaries as they collapse and start to weaken. The boundaries were moving southeast. Storms may briefly form and intensify … Continue reading
Radar Cranking Back Up
All day, we have been tracking a mesoscale convective system as it formed over Arkansas and pushed slowly southeastward. The system started weakening a couple of hours ago as it traversed western Tennessee and northern Mississippi, puffing out a big … Continue reading
Isolated Walker Co. Storms
…SCROLL DOWN TO TAKE PART IN THE IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SEVERE WEATHER WARNING PROCESS WITH THE SECOND IN JAMES’ SERIES OF POSTS ON THE MATTER… Northwest Alabama is trying to get in on the act this evening with a … Continue reading
Storms Going Downhill…Mostly
Storms over Central Alabama have weakened considerably in the past hour. At 5:40, the exceptions are… …over Hale County… …in the Tuscaloosa area…where storms are growing…over the city and to the north of Holt …over Clay County …and approaching Alexander … Continue reading
Shelby County Storms Have Intense Lightning
Storms are increasing from western Jefferson County down into western Shelby County. Derek reports intense CG lightning in the Old Cahaba area near Helena. has lasted for past 20 minutes. John Talbot reports Alabaster FD is reporting brush fire behind … Continue reading
A Few Reports
Vic Bell…our Skywatcher in Black Creek reported winds gusting to 60 mph and 1.46 inches of rain…along with lots of small hail… Mike Calloway in Weaver reports storms fell apart as they came to him…just a few drops of rain… … Continue reading
Storms Fairly Numerous East of I-59
Thunderstorms have been fairly numerous east of I-59 and east of a line from Tuscaloosa to Pine Hill. Storms are now forming a sort of a line from northern Cleburne and Calhoun Counties through St. Clair, Talladega, eastern Shelby, Chilton … Continue reading
Iowa’s Katrina
Photo courtesy of USGS On this date in 2008, city leaders in Waterloo, Iowa were confident that their flood protection efforts were going to be successful against the expected crest of the Cedar River until 2-4 inches of heavy rain … Continue reading
New Warning DeKalb County
The NWS Huntsville has issued a new severe thunderstorm warning for DeKalb County…strong storms east of Geraldine will push southward toward Collinsville and the interstate. LATE REPORT Golf ball sized hail was reported at Skirum at 2:48 p.m. Skirum is … Continue reading
