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Few Flurries
A few reports of snow flurries are coming in from across North Central Alabama this evening. Some reports from our Skywatchers… …Jeff Drake…Bessemer…cars and decks lightly dusted …Adam Wiggins …Odenville…flurries…31F…sticking on back porch …Donny F…north of Fayette…flurries …Ronald Hughes…Coker…light snow … Continue reading
Quick Check 10:30 a.m.
Temperatures are slowly falling across North and Central Alabama at this hour. The graphic gives a rough approximation of the freezing line at this hour. It was 30F with light freezing rain at last report at Decatur. As temperatures fall … Continue reading
Good Morning!
No problems this morning across Central Alabama. Temperatures are in the lower 40s across the I-20 corridor. Across the northern third of the state, temperatures are in the 30s. It is 37F at Gadsden. The NWS Huntsville maintains a winter … Continue reading
Birmingham’s Second Biggest Snow
A swarm of tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama on January 18, 1936. Four people died as an F2 tornado passed from near Fyffe to near Rainsville in DeKalb County, killing four people. Another twister touched down near Columbiana. One … Continue reading
Thunderstorms Over Shelby County
Some elevated thunderstorms have formed late this evening in the warm advection pattern ahead of a surface low over West Central Alabama tonight. Lightning was observed from the Shelby County Airport. Lightning data has detected a few flashes near Columbiana. … Continue reading
Rain Diminishing From the West
Drier air is pulling around the base of the upper trough back over Oklahoma and North Texas tonight and putting an end to the rain over Mississippi into Western Alabama. The threat of heavy rain is over now for Central … Continue reading
The January Thaw
The January thaw is a weather singularity. A singularity is an event that occurs more often than one would expect with chance. The January thaw is a period of above normal warmth that frequently occurs in mid-Winter in the northeastern … Continue reading
Flash Flood Warning East Alabama
Water is reportedly in houses in Wedowee in East Alabama’s Randolph County. Rainfall estimates range from 1.5 inches to over 4 inches across parts of Cleburne, Clay and Randolph Counties. This has prompted the NWS to issue a flash flood … Continue reading
The January 24, 1997 Tuscaloosa Tornado
On the morning of Friday, January 24, 1997, a warm, relatively moist airmass covered Central Alabama. Temperatures were in the lower 60s early that winter morning. Dewpoints were right around 60F. A warm front was over Louisiana, from near New … Continue reading
New Severe Thunderstorm Warning Includes Part of Jefferson Co./Shelby Co.
The NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Perry and Shelby Counties till 8:45 AM CST. Intense thunderstorms from North Bibb down to West Blocton to near Centreville are moving moving northeast toward Montevallo, Alabaster and … Continue reading
