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New Areal Flood Warning
The NWS has issued a new Areal Flood Warning for a part of Central Alabama. It includes parts of Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Shelby and Talladega Counties. This warning replaces the flash flood warning issued early this morning. Talladega EMA reports: … Continue reading
Big Areal Flood Warning
The NWS Birmingham has issued a big areal flood warning for much of the area. It is in addition to the flash flood warning for Bibb, Shelby, Chilton, Talladega and Coosa Counties. The areal flood warning means that heavy rain … Continue reading
Deficit Dasher
We had been running a bit behind in the rainfall department across Central Alabama. That is changing this morning. Moderate to heavy rain continues across about 90 percent of the region from US-278 in North Alabama to US-80 in South … Continue reading
Final Installment…National Severe Weather Workshop Notes
More notes from the National Severe Weather Workshop… …Aaron Sutula from the NWS Western Region is in charge of the Interactive NWS text alert system. We started promoting this experimental service last spring. The Weather Service is not accepting any … Continue reading
More Notes From the NSWW
Enjoyed visiting with a group of meteorology students from Western Kentucky University this morning at the National Severe Weather Workshop. They were having breakfast with National Weather Association Executive Director Steve Harned. He called me over when he heard them … Continue reading
March 6, 1967
The headlines in early March 1967 were dominated by war news from Vietnam. President Johnson announced that he was going to order a lottery type draft. Another hot story was the investigation by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison into … Continue reading
Notes From the National Severe Weather Workshop
This week, I have been at the National Severe Weather Workshop in Norman, Oklahoma. This is the tenth year of the annual event that brings together representatives of the National Weather Service, emergency management, academia and the media in order … Continue reading
The Wellington Avalanche Disaster
A view of Wellington, Washington before the 1910 avalanche. During the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 1, 1910, the crack Northern Pacific Railroad passenger train, the Spokane Express, sat on the tracks in the station at Wellington, Washington. Wellington … Continue reading
March Arrives Tomorrow
March arrives tomorrow. March marks the start of both meteorological and astronomical spring. It is definitely a time of transition in Alabama. As the days lengthen and the sun moves higher in the sky, average temperatures start to climb. The … Continue reading
New York City’s Top Snowstorms…
New York City’s greatest snowstorms all have a story… 6. February 16-17, 2003: The Presidents’ Day Blizzard dumped a total of 19.8 inches of snow on the Big Apple. Mayor Michael Bloomberg complained that the snowstorm would cost one million … Continue reading
