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Strong Storm Entering Western Marion County
A strong thunderstorm is about to enter northwestern Marion County… It should pass near or just west of Hamilton…affecting Bexar. It will impact Corridor X/Future I-22 west of Hamilton, mainly between the Mississippi border and exit 7. It shows heavy … Continue reading
Intense Thunderstorms Approaching Northwest Alabama
An intense line of thunderstorms continues moving east toward western Alabama at this hour. There are numerous severe thunderstorm warnings in Mississippi along this line. There is even a tornado warning for extreme northeastern Mississippi east of Corinth. This cell … Continue reading
Black Monday
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the deadly Smithfield Tornado that struck northern sections of Birmingham on April 4, 1977. Here is my personal account of that terrible day. I was a freshman at Huffman High School on April 4, … Continue reading
Moderate Risk for Alabama Today
The new Day One Convective Outlook has been issued by the Storm Prediction Center and it has a moderate risk for parts of West and Northwest Alabama and their standard slight risk for the rest of the state. Here is … Continue reading
Late Evening Look at the Severe Weather Threat for Monday
SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY MONDAY: Unfortunately, we will be dealing with a fairly significant severe weather threat across Alabama on Monday. Low pressure is over eastern Iowa tonight, with a cold front trailing back into Oklahoma Panhandle. A warm and increasingly … Continue reading
Terror in the Night
This story is taken from publisher C.F. Boone’s The Alabama Tornadoes, one of a series of photo story books that was published after the April 3 1974 tornado outbreak. It gives an excellent account of a terrible day in Alabama … Continue reading
Gorgeous Sunday, Severe Weather Tomorrow
A gorgeous Sunday afternoon is in progress across Alabama. As you can see from the visible satellite photo in the image for the second straight day, one would be very hard pressed to find a cloud in the sky across … Continue reading
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A Prophetic Call
On the morning of April 2, 1974, Mr. Robert Ferry, the Meteorologist in Charge of the National Weather Service Forecast office in Birmingham received a call from Allen Pearson, Director of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City. … Continue reading
The Alabama Weather Situation at 3 a.m.
Here is an update on the Alabama weather situation at 3 a.m. The severe thunderstorm warning for Calhoun and Cleburne Counties has been canceled. The storm weakened and is no longer severe. Michelle Miklik in Weaver was very close to … Continue reading
