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Three Dot Update
JB calls them three dot updates. It is a list of notes, each starting with an ellipsis, or three dots… …Rain is beginning to taper off over the Tennessee Valley. A flash flood warning continues for Franklin and Lawrence Counties. … Continue reading
A Few Notes Just After 6:30 a.m.
We have been tracking severe thunderstorms since around 4 a.m. this morning and will be doing so for another 18 hours or so I am afraid. No warnings are in effect at this moment. Impressive boundary across the South this … Continue reading
Another Severe Storm About to Enter Northwest Alabama
It will affect Franklin County, staying north of Marion County. The severe storm is just northwest of Red Bay in Franklin County. It is moving just north of east at 45 mph. It almost definitely has hail in it…as well … Continue reading
Small Part of Cullman Co. in New Warning
A small part of northwestern Cullman County in in the new warning for that also includes parts of Franklin, Lawrence and Morgan Counties in North Alabama until 5:45 a.m. The severe thunderstorm warning continues for Winston County…but has been canceled … Continue reading
Marion County Now Under Severe Thunderstorm Warning
The NWS in Birmingham has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Marion county in Northwest Alabama because of that severe thunderstorm near Fulton MS. It will pass just north of Hamilton, and eventually near Hackleburg and Bear Creek as … Continue reading
Mississippi Severe Storm Headed Toward Marion County
The NWS in Memphis has a severe thunderstorm warning up for Itawamba County in NE MIssissippi for storm located near Fulton. It is moving just a little north of east and will enter Marion County in Northwest Alabama around 4:15 … Continue reading
New SPC Severe Weather Outlook
The SPC has chosen to go with an “upper end” slight risk outlook, slightly higher than their standard severe weather risk, for today across much of Alabama, as well as southeastern Arkansas, northeastern Louisiana, much of Mississippi and into western … Continue reading
Late Night Check
No real change in the thinking tonight for our pending severe weather threat. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect now until 6 a.m. CDT for parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Thunderstorms have begun to fire over Oklahoma … Continue reading
Georgia Wildfires
Looking at visible satellite pictures across the southeastern United States this morning, one thing stands out if you are looking closely. See those faint arcing plumes across Southeast Georgia? That is thick smoke from wildfires. Here is some information from … Continue reading
Heavy Showers Ahead of Front
It’s not hard to find the cold front tonight. Heavy showers have developed along it from Cullman County into Winston, then Fayette, southern Lamar and Pickens Counties. Tops on these cells are at about 20-25,000 feet, just short of tall … Continue reading
