The NWS has issued a flash flood warning for northwestern Calhoun and extreme southeastern Etowah Counties in Northeast Alabama. It includes Ohatchee. A strong storm with torrential rain from Ragland to near Ohatchee…actually nearly stationary…but building back to the southwest … Continue reading →

Here is a rundown of the radar at 5 p.m.: Showers are thunderstorms are concentrated in these areas… …strong storm with heavy rain over northern Calhoun County between Gadsden and Anniston…straddling US-431 where AL 204 turns off to Jacksonville. Areal … Continue reading →

Showers are fairly numerous over parts of Alabama this afternoon. They are common over the northern third of the state, north of a line from Hamilton to Dodge City to Southside to Heflin. Draw another line from Carrollton to Prattville…back … Continue reading →

Things are under control at this hour across Alabama. There are flash flood warnings in the Northwest Corner of the state in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties where persistent showers and storms continue. After a brief flare up across Central Alabama, … Continue reading →

Spoke a little too soon about the heavy clouds. Skies are clearing quickly across Central Alabama and showers and thunderstorms are popping up quickly. They extend from eastern Marion down through Walker, Fayette, and into Pickens on the west. You … Continue reading →

The entire state of Alabama is bathed in a persistent southerly flow this morning. Earlier, widespread light showers broke out across North Central Alabama in this pattern of gently rising air. The rich flow of moisture gliding upward as it … Continue reading →

In 1919, the residents of Corpus Christi, Texas believed that their area was immune to hurricanes. With a high bluff and protective barrier island, the city was proclaimed in local newspapers to be “the only really safe place on the … Continue reading →

The band of light rain earlier noted has moved northward into the Tennessee Valley late this afternoon. A band of scattered showers with a few rumbles of thunder has developed from the Tuscaloosa area back through Bibb, Perry, Dallas, Autauga, … Continue reading →

Light showers are increasing across Northwest and Central Alabama this morning. A good bit of light rain covers almost all of Marion and Winston Counties, extending down into Lamar County. Scattered patchs of light rain were over northern Fayette, Walker, … Continue reading →

Hurricane Frederic made landfall on this date in 1979 near the Mississippi/Alabama border. THIS IS HISTORICAL INFORMATION FROM 1979. There is a disturbance in the western Gulf, but it poses no threat of becoming a hurricane.