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Sunny and Hot
A gorgeous late spring day is in progress across Alabama. The satellite picture tells it all: clear skies across most of the state, with just a few high clouds across Northeast Alabama. Temperatures have reached 90F at Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. … Continue reading
Alabama at 7:15 p.m.
A cold front is approaching Birmingham and Tuscaloosa at this hour. The dewpoint has already fallen to 59F at Columbus MS. At Memphis, it is 55F. Showers with some embedded thunder is located over Northeast Alabama, from Anniston to Guntersville … Continue reading
Storms Weakening…Watch Will Expire at 6 p.m.
Showers and thunderstorms from the Birmingham Metro area southwestward have really weakened in the past 30 minutes as they move eastward into more stable air that was cleared out by the earlier convection that is pushing into Georgia. The severe … Continue reading
Line of Storms Pressing Slowly East
A line of showers and heavy thunderstorms now extends from Cherokee and Etowah Counties in East Alabama southwestard through Blount, western Jefferson, eastern Walker,, Tuscaloosa, southern Pickens, Greene and Sumter Counties. Severe thunderstorm warnings continue along this line over northern … Continue reading
A Couple of Severe Weather Reports
…3 E Sylacauga [Talladega Co, AL] emergency mngr reports TSTM WND DMG at 03:08 PM CDT — several trees reported down. time estimated from radar. …Hackneyville [Tallapoosa Co, AL] law enforcement reports TSTM WND DMG at 03:25 PM CDT — … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Extended Until 6 p.m.
All counties still under the severe thunderstorm watch are extended until 6 p.m. this evening. Those counties are: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: SE Clay/NW Tallapoosa Counties 3:45
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 317 PM CDT…THE … Continue reading
New Watch East Alabama/Georgia
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a new severe thunderstorm watch for East Alabama and much of Georgia until 10 p.m. CDT. This is in addition to the watch that is already in effect for about half of the state … Continue reading
North Central Alabama Update
Thunderstorms continue over North Central and Northeast Alabama this afternoon, generally east of a line from the Bankhead Lock and Dam to Cordova to Hanceville, Holly Pond and Guntersville. The back edge is moving slowly eastward ahead of an approaching … Continue reading
More Watch Additions/Deletions
Fayette and Pickens Counties have been eliminated from the severe thunderstorm watch. The following North Alabama Counties have been eliminated also: Cullman, Madison and Morgan. More South Central Alabama Counties have been added: Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell till 5:00 PM … Continue reading
