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New Tornado Watch to the West
A new tornado watch has been issued to our southwest, covering parts of Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Tornado watches now cover all over southern Mississippi, Southwestern Alabama, extreme Northwest Florida, southeastern and Central Louisiana. Thunderstorms have rapidly become severe this … Continue reading
St. Louis Tornado Coverage
Here is a link to live streaming coverage from KTVI St. Louis. There are numerous reports of tornado damage now in the southwestern parts of the St. Louis, MO area, including Byrnes Mill, Baldwin and Villa Ridge. Here is a … Continue reading
New Watch Close to Home
The SPC has issued a new tornado watch for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Northwest Florida and Southwest Alabama. The counties are outlined in this graphic in red. Radar echoes are superimposed along with surface based CAPE or instability values. The … Continue reading
Tornado Southwest of St. Louis
A damaging tornado is on the ground near Rolla MO at this time. Initial reports are that there are multiple homes destroyed and cars thrown. Damage was reported on Fort Hood. This storm is about a little less than 100 … Continue reading
Low End Severe Weather Threat Tonight
The powerful storm system that has been wreaking havoc in the West has moved east and is scheduled to give us a wet and stormy New Years here in Alabama. It is a balmy morning with a breezy southeast wind … Continue reading
Alabama’s Top Weather Events of 2010
On this week’s episode of WeatherBrains, Greg Carbin from the SPC helped us remember the top 10 weather events of 2010. Did you have any to add? Now it’s time for us to come up with our list of the … Continue reading
Snow Cover in 46 of Lower 48
I believe that 46 of the lower 48 states had some snow on the ground on Sunday. Only Louisiana and Texas on the sidelines. That’s not a record, but still pretty amazing.
Blizzard Conditions in New York City
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN NYC JFK Airport reported true blizzard conditions tonight between 9 p.m. and midnight, with winds averaging 36 to 43 mph out of the north with gusts as high as 56 mph…visibilities near 0 but much of the … Continue reading
Late Night Look
If you look hard, you can make out the edge of the low stratus cloud deck tonight on the infrared satellite image. It extends from south of Memphis to near Columbus MS to between Birmingham and Montgomery. That cloud layer … Continue reading
Rough Time in the Northeast Corridor
Blizzard conditions are expected tonight along the East Coast as a big storm off the New Jersey coast pounds the region from eastern Maryland to Maine. A few notes… …Raleigh NC picked up 8 inches of snow in their first … Continue reading
