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SPC Puts Back Slight Risk for Northwest Alabama
We aren’t expecting significant severe weather over Northwest Alabama, but the strong storms that we did forecast have developed over eastern Mississippi and have started edging into West Alabama. The graphic shows the area included in the Slight Risk Day … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update 2 p.m.
Skies are partly cloudy and it is warm across Central Alabama early this afternoon. Temperatures are in the lower and middle 80s. Scattered thunderstorms were increasing across eastern Mississippi. The strongest one was moving north northeast into Noxubee County MS. … Continue reading
Pleasant Grove Damage
Damage photos taken Saturday, April 30th in Pleasant Grove, Alabama. The tornado cut a path directly through the center of the community. The damage is extreme over about a 1/4-1/2 mile wide swath, including a large number of homes that … Continue reading
Welcome to May!
Photograph by Kathy Bell, owner of kbella photography. The fifth month of the year is one of my favorites in Central Alabama. We see some of the finest weather of the year, with runs of fine, warm and sunshine filled … Continue reading
Cullman Weatheradio Transmitter Destroyed
000 NOUS44 KHUN 011531 PNSHUN ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-021500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1031 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 …THE FOLLOWING NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL BE DOWN INDEFINITELY DUE TO A DESTROYED TRANSMITTER… CULLMAN…NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WWF-66…TRANSMITTING … Continue reading
Post Your Questions for WeatherBrains Outbreak Special
Tomorrow night (contingent of course upon on there being no severe weather problems underway across our area) we will be covering the epic tornado outbreak. The regular panel will be joined by Jason Simpson, John Oldshue, Mike Wilhelm and John … Continue reading
Tornado Warning for Memphis
A tornado warning is in effect for Memphis right now as a severe thunderstorm with big hook echo across the city. There is a wall cloud and good inflow, but no funnel cloud right now. WMZ is covering it live… … Continue reading
Severe Weather Possible on Monday
Nobody wants to hear this, but we are seeing signs that there will be some severe weather over West Central and Northwest Alabama Monday afternoon and evening… SEVERE WEATHER TO OUR WEST…A tornado watch is posted this afternoon from northeastern … Continue reading
What Went Wrong?
Experts across the country are asking, “What went wrong?” In this day of long lead time tornado warnings, wall to wall television coverage, sensitive Doppler radars, computer models, fairly accurate forecasts five days out, Skycams and streaming video from the … Continue reading
Preliminary Path Information on Tuscaloosa/Birmingham Tornado
From the National Weather Service Birmingham… The Tuscaloosa/Birmingham Tornado is at least an EF4…could be rated an EF5 based on information the survey team sees. It touched down near Union in northern Greene County and roared northeast for 80.1 miles. … Continue reading
