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Extremely Strong Winds over Clarke and Monroe Counties Moving into Wilcox
A powerful severe storm is moving through Clarke and Monroe Counties at this hour. It will be entering Wilcox County shortly. The tornado threat across South Alabama will increase over the next few hours. Continue reading
An Uptick in the Storms
As expected, our storms are intensifying a bit late tonight. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for four coutnies in Southwest Alabama. Strong storms are entering Sumter and Greene Counties as well. Continue reading
Tornado Watch for South Alabama til 7 a.m.
No warnings are in effect right now but increasing wind fields are causing strong surface winds and will make severe weather possible across the southern half of Alabama overnight and through Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Wind Advisories, High Wind Watches, and Marine Wind Warnings
We will be dealing with winds averaging 15-25 with gusts to 40 to 50 mph across North and Central Alabama Monday afternoon through Tuesday. THere is also a severe weather threat for Monday night into Tuesday morning of the southern half of Central Alabama as well as South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Continue reading
Early Afternoon Update on Monday Night Severe Weather: SPC Upgrades to Enhanced Risk for Southwest Alabama
Alabama will deal with severe weather late Monday night into early Tuesday. The highest threat will be south of a line from Jackson AL to Castleberry to Florala, but severe weather is possible as far north as Tuscaloosa – Clanton – Eufaula. Continue reading
Sunday Morning Weather Briefing Video: Wind, Rain, Storms for Monday evening through Tuesday Morning
Lots of active weather in the week ahead including strong gradient winds Monday afternoon through Tuesday. Wind advisories will be required. There is a threat of severe storms Monday night into Tuesday morning across the southern half of Central Alabama. Tornadoes will be possible over Southwest Alabama into South Alabama starting late Monday night until about noon when the storms exit the state. Continue reading
A Little Snow Now in Northwest and North Alabama
Here is the radar from Birmingham with precipitation type turned on: The light blue is snow and it is now falling from much of Marion County into western Winston County and across southern Lawrence, northern Cullman, and southern Morgan. The … Continue reading
Radar Check at 6:35 p.m.
We are not expecting travel problems, but there could be light accumulations generally north of a curvy line from Hamilton to Smoke Rise to Talladega. The accumulations will be light, less than 1/4 inch, and mainly on grassy surfaces, and elevated surfaces like decks. Continue reading
NWS Birmingham Updates Their Impacts Forecast for Thsiis Evening’s Snow
The NWS in Birmingham has adjusted their thoughts on tonight’s light snow, shifting the emphasis to East Central Alabama. Continue reading
Still Monitoring Potential for Small Snow Accumulations Tonight
The upper low is expected to move through the Ohio River Valley with wrap-around moisture stretching down into the northern half of Alabama this evening. Temperatures drop into the lower to middle 30s when the second (better wave) of moisture/precipitation moves in as a rain/snow mix late today toward sunset from the west. Isolated accumulations of snow are possible for portions for the northern third of Central Alabama. Continue reading
