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Rogue Thundershower in Hale County
A thundershower has managed to develop with the help of today’s strong heating over West Central Alabama’s Hale County. It is near Wedgeworth a nd Sawyerville and is is drifting northwest toward the Black Warrior River and Greene County. It … Continue reading
Is Storm Chasing Oversaturated?
Famed storm researcher Josh Wurman sounded off on a Weather Channel blog this week about the problems and dangers caused by extensive chaser convergence in Oklahoma during this past Wednesday’s high risk severe weather episode. An excerpt: There were huge … Continue reading
Warm and Humid Saturday
It’s warm and muggy across Central Alabama this afternoon. Temperatures are in the middle 80s and dewpoints are around 70 degrees. No showers showing up on radar yet, and we don’t expect many if any this afternoon. Skies are partly … Continue reading
Heatburst!
Heatbursts are one of the most fascinating weather phenomena. Sinking air from collapsing thunderstorms warms as it descends to the surface of the earth. The result can be a heatburst. These events cause dramatic increases in temperatures, desiccating drops in … Continue reading
Upcoming WeatherBrains Guests
Upcoming guests on Weather Brains, the weekly netcast that’s all about weather: May 18 – Dick Goddard, Folklore Expert May 25 – Bruce Thomas, Midland Radio Corporation June 1 – Dr. Gerry Bell, NOAA’s :Lead Seasonal Hurricane Forecaster June 8 … Continue reading
Weakening Storms Approaching Alabama Border
The thunderstorm complex that has been trudging eastward across Mississippi all evening is now within about 20 miles of the western border of Lamar and Marion Counties. The line is running out of steam with the loss of the heating … Continue reading
Watch Extended Eastward
The NWS has extended the tornado watch for northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas to the east ahead of a mesoscale convective complex that is move eastward. Here is a radar image as of 7:40 p.m. If it holds … Continue reading
Flash Flood Warning Winston County
Law enforcement reports that there is flash flooding in parts of Winston county from heavy rains that have been occurring across that area.
At Mid-Afternoon
Showers and thunderstorms are numerous across the northwestern half of Alabama at this hour. Activity is most widespread from Birmingham to Fayette southward into Sumter, Hale and Bibb Counties. Additional heavy showers extended northeast through parts of the Birmingham area … Continue reading
Rain Increasing
A weak surface low has formed near the Missouri Bootheel. An upper trough was moving across South Alabama, while a stronger trough was moving across Western Mississippi. Showers were increasing in about a 50 mile wide band generally centered on … Continue reading
