Author Archives: murray
Bad Night in Arkansas/Missouri
Look at all the tornado warnings tonight across Arkansas and Missouri. Numerous strong indications of tornadoes on Doppler radar across that region tonight. A tornado was reported just after 7 p.m. at Cleveland. A home was destroyed just before 7 … Continue reading
Please Complete This Survey…
Here is a chance for anyone who was in a county that was included in a severe weather warning Saturday to make a difference in the warning process. Please consider taking this short, free, anonymous, online survey. It must be … Continue reading
More Than One Tornado Alley
WeatherBrains listener Wallace Williams pointed out an interesting article on Sciencenews.org last week. The author of the paper is Michael Frates, a Graduate Student in the Department of Geography at The University of Akron in Ohio. Will be getting his … Continue reading
Book Review: The Cloud Collector’s Handbook
How to Collect Clouds – From the Cloud Collectors Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney: You might well think that cloud collecting sounds like a ridiculous idea. How can anyone collect such ephemeral and free spirited things as clouds? Surely they are … Continue reading
Upcoming WeatherBrains Guests
Upcoming guests on Weather Brains, the weekly netcast that’s all about weather: April 27 – Author John M. Barry (Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927) May 4 – Sheldon Kusselson from NOAA’s Satellite Services Division May 11 … Continue reading
Closing Book on a Busy Day
After about 42 hours of almost no sleep…its time for bed. The tornado watch has just been cleared for Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Jefferson, Marengo, Perry and Shelby Counties. Two bands of showers and storms left tonight… The … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Etowah/Cherokee
Strong storm over the City of Gadsden.
Cherokee County Gets in on the Action
BMX issues Tornado Warning for Cherokee [AL] till 12:30 AM CDT …* AT 1207 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF SAND ROCK…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
Another Northeast Alabama Tornado
Another dangerous storm in Northeast Alabama tonight, threatening Collinsville and Portersville in DeKalb County. Rotation seems to be strengthening. Tornado warning in effect.
Two Thunderstorms, Two Tornado Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Shelby [AL] till 12:30 AM CDT Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Blount, Jefferson [AL] till 12:30 AM CDT The red polygons are tornadoes warnings. They are in effect for the tornado that is indicated … Continue reading
