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Tornado Outbreak Is An Enigma
Click for larger image The U.S. Army Signal Corps was in charge of collecting weather observations and producing storm warnings in 1884. The weather map from the morning of Tuesday, February 19th that year showed low pressure over northern Illinois. … Continue reading
Quiet Across the Nation
ON THE WEATHER MAPS THIS AFTERNOON: The big picture shows a weakening upper trough over the eastern United States with a big upper level high pressure ridge over Old Mexico building up in the southwestern part of the country. At … Continue reading
Birmingham’s Coldest Reading Ever
Click for larger image On February 13, 1899, one of the coldest airmasses ever observed in the U.S. made it all the way to the Gulf Coast. It was 7F in New Orleans and Pensacola. Mobile dropped to a numbing … Continue reading
The Latest on the Snow
The back edge of the snow is moving quickly east now across West Alabama. The back edge extends from Cullman to Jasper to Eutaw at this hour, moving east at around 35 mph. It will be stopping in Tuscaloosa shortly … Continue reading
Starting to See A Few Road Problems
Lots of reports of snow accumulations across North and Central Alabama tonight…but road problems have been at a minimum so far. That is starting to change and will continue to deteriorate as temperatures fall and snow continues. John Talbot just … Continue reading
Heavy Snow Downtwon Birmingham
Heavy snow being reported in downtown Birmingham with greatly reduced visibilities…. …Bessemer…moderate snow…grass/elevated surfaces white…roads ok …Corridor X…snow sticking to roadway between Jefferson County line and Cordova …Fayette County…2 inches in the Mt. Vernon Community …Cullman County…hardest snow of night … Continue reading
Snow Continues
Snow continues across the northern half of Alabama tonight. So far, travel problems have been limited to parts of Northwest and North Alabama but conditions will deteriorate as snow continues for the next few hours. Current forecast looks good. Dr. … Continue reading
More Reports…
Good night for a pot of chili across Central Alabama as snowflakes start to fly… Some interesting reports: JEFFERSON COUNTY …snowflakes in Mountain Brook …West Jefferson…1/4 inch on porch …heavy sleet.snow mix Greensprings/Lakeshore …starting to accumulate on cars/grass …big flakes … Continue reading
Alabama Update 6:20 p.m.
Snow continues to increase over Alabama tonight. Snow is becoming heavv across much of Lamar, Fayette, northern Pickens, northern Tuscaloosa, Marion and Walker Counties. Snow was also becoming heavier over western Jefferson County in places like Graysville and Adamsville. John … Continue reading
Snow Increasing over West Alabama
Radar indicates that snow is increasing quickly over West Alabama late this afternoon. Light to moderate snow now covers much of Pickens, Lamar, Marion and Winston Counties. The heaviest snow appears to be around Reform in Pickens County and up … Continue reading
