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Alabama Update 3:30 p.m.
A broad band of showers extends from Marion to Pickens Counties in the west through Walker, Fayette and Tuscaloosa Counties into Blount and St. Clair Counties over to Talladega, Tallapoosa, Chambers and Lee Counties in the east. The highest concentration … Continue reading
Thanks Chris Brogan!
I have been following Chris Brogan since I read his book Trust Agents. I read his blog daily. Imagine my surprise this morning when the headline on his most recent blog post was “Birmingham Alabama is Magical.” Chris visited the … Continue reading
Busy Tropics
TROPICAL TOTE BOARD: Five named storms so far in the North Atlantic basin this hurricane season. Two of them have become hurricanes; one has achieved major hurricane status. GULF LOW: The NHC mentions a low chance that the low along … Continue reading
KATRINA: The Doomsday Statement
As Hurricane Katrina intensified rapidly and reached Category Five status that fateful Sunday, August 28 2005, forecaster Robert Ricks at the National Weather Service in Slidell decided it was time to issue the dreaded catastrophic damage statement. Some thought it … Continue reading
Late Night Look at the Tropics
TROPICAL TOTE BOARD: Five named storms so far in the North Atlantic basin this hurricane season. Two of them have become hurricanes; one has achieved major hurricane status. DANIELLE: Major hurricane Danielle is about 350 miles southeast of Bermuda tonight … Continue reading
One Big Storm
One big storm across Central Alabama at this hour…over Greene County, southwest of Tuscaloosa. It is over I-599 near Union, Eutaw and Clinton. It is moving southwest toward Gainesville. Did you notice the blue skies late this afternoon in the … Continue reading
Danielle is Named
Tropical Depression Six has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Danielle on the 4 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. The storm is still expected to move west northwest and gradually turn to the northwest over the next five days … Continue reading
Alabama Update at 4 p.m.
Most of the active weather has been over the southern two thirds of Alabama this afternoon, much as we had expected. The strongest storm in the state right now is probably the one over Lowndes County, where tops briefly registered … Continue reading
Big Storm in Tuscaloosa County
Showers and storms are forming over the southern half of Alabama on this Sunday afternoon. The one furthest north was just south of I-59 between Brookwood and Vance at 2 p.m. This storm was small but it had grown to … Continue reading
Six Still Not Danielle…Yet
The latest headlines from the NHC… …TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS NOT STRENGTHENED YET… SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST…1500 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…12.7N 34.1W ABOUT 665 MI…1075 KM W OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…35 MPH…55 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR … Continue reading
