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Upgrading to Moderate Risk
When the updated convective outlook is issued at 11:30 a.m. CDT, it will include an upgrade to a moderate categorical risk from northern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama into Tennessee and southern Kentucky. In addition to a significant damaging wind risk, … Continue reading
Tornado Watch #128 Issued
A tornado watch has been issued for areas from eastern Arkansas through northern Mississippi and western Tennessee into southern Kentucky. It goes until 5 p.m. CDT. There is one severe thunderstorm warning in Central Arkansas. The cap has eroded over … Continue reading
Severe Weather Watches to the West of Us Now
Thunderstorms are erupting tonight as expected from southwestern Missouri through eastern Oklahoma and into North Central Texas. The SPC has responded with a severe thunderstorm watch across Texas with a tornado watch further to the north through Oklahoma, northwestern Arkansas … Continue reading
Upper Midwest Severe Weather Outbreak Beginning
Interestingly enough, tomorrow is the 46th anniversary of one of the most disastrous tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. The Palm Sunday Outbreak killed 256 people across the Midwest. While Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio were the hardest hit, Wisconsin did … Continue reading
Temps Running Behind Yesterday
80F AT 1 PM IN BIRMINGHAM: It was 80F in Birmingham at 1 p.m., some five degrees behind the same time yesterday. But sunshine is out in full force now and the mercury will soar. More high temperature records may … Continue reading
Lots of Records Set
The Weather Office has been all a twitter on this Saturday afternoon, waiting to see if we would establish a new record high in Birmingham. When clouds were a little thicker than expected early in the day, it seemed that … Continue reading
Guest Post: Conditions Behind the 1936 Gainesville (GA) Tornado
Perry Williams is a weather enthusiast who lives in Newnan, Georgia. He keeps a close eye on the weather on his Facebook page. This week, he posted an excellent analysis of the weather conditions on the morning of the terrible … Continue reading
Muggy Morning, Foggy East
An interesting range in morning lows along the I-20 corridor in Alabama this morning. The mercury dipped to 68F in Tuscaloosa and 70F in Birmingham. By 6 a.m. it was up to 69F at Anniston, but go back to 2 … Continue reading
Last Update of the Night
The back edge of the rain area now extends from Guntersville to Birmingham to Grove Hill. It is progressing eastward at about 30 mph. That is just behind the cold front, which is progressing eastward across the state tonight. Winds … Continue reading
9:45 Update
The severe weather is just about out of our part of Central Alabama…warnings continue for Cleburne, Clay, Randolph, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Elmore, Autauga, Lowndes, Elmore, Montgomery, Lee, Macon and Bullock Counties. A new tornado watch has been issued for South Alabama. … Continue reading
