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Big West Alabama Storm…Fayette/Pickens Added
A severe thunderstorm warning continues for Lamar County for the storm coming out of Marion County. It will affect much of Lamar County over the next hour. The other big storm is in the Guin area of Marion County. The … Continue reading
Dangerous Storms Marion and Lamar Counties
ANOTHER LATE REPORT: Tim Rye Hamilton AL: Tree down across the road at the intersection of Country Estates Drive and Rosedale Circle in Hamilton reported to Marion County E-911 at 6:47pm. He reports that things have calmed down now in … Continue reading
Warning Marion and Lamar
Severe thunderstorm warning for Marion and northern Lamar Counties until 645 pm. This is going to be a dangerous situation with two big storms merging over western Marion County. Potential for damaging winds , blinding rain and deadly lightning.
Update 535 p.m.
The NWS canceled the severe thunderstorm warning and replaced it with a significant weather alert for NE Bibb, eastern Tuscaloosa, southern Jefferson and western Shelby Counties. Currently are west of Hoover along I-459 are getting pounded with heavy rain, gusty … Continue reading
Strong Storms Moving into Jefferson
A solid line of heavy thunderstorms now extends from north of Locust Fork to Smoke Rise to west of Warrior to near Oakman with another strong storm along the Warrior River along the Tuscaloosa/Jefferson County line with another near Jasper. … Continue reading
Alabama Update 325 p.m.
The warning for Cullman County has ben canceled. Storms just west of Cullman have weakened a bit but remain quite strong. A broken line of storms now extends from Jackson and DeKalb Counties in Northeast Alabama through Cullman, Winston, Walker … Continue reading
Warning for Cullman, Morgan
The NWS Huntsville has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Morgan and Cullman Counties in North Alabama. Severe storm indicated by radar approaching West Point in Cullman County. Should move west of Vinemont and near or just west … Continue reading
Storms Firing Over West Alabama
Storms are firing at this hour over the western half of Alabama. At 2 p.m., heavy storms were over Greene and Sumter Counties. A strong storm was over I-59 between Tuscaloosa and Coaling. Additional storms were forming over northern Tuscaloosa … Continue reading
Alabama Update 12:30 p.m.
LATE NOTE AT 1:24 PM: The SPC has issued a mesoscale discussion for the northwestern part of Alabama saying that storms are expected to intensify over this region in the next couple of hours, with heavy rain and isolated damaging … Continue reading
Remembering the Terrible Heat Wave of 2007
On this date in 2007, Alabama was broiling in the midst of one of the state’s worst heat waves ever. The mercury reached 105F at Birmingham, a record for the month of August. It also marked the ninth consecutive day … Continue reading
