On Friday, July 18, 1997, hurricane warnings were hoisted along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Alabama as Hurricane Danny headed toward shore. The Category 1 hurricane was brushing southeastern Louisiana where tropical storm force winds and high tides caused … Continue reading →

From the National Weather Service… HERE ARE SOME OF THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR JULY 19TH AND 20TH… JULY 19TH JULY 20TH BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT……..58(1984) 60(1947) CALERA*……………………. 55(1967) 60(1976) MONTGOMERY……………….63(1923) 63(1923) TROY*………………………..61(2004) 60(1923) TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT…….62(1984) 64(2004) ANNISTON……………………60(1967) 60(1947) … Continue reading →

Please help us prepare for a special guest on WeatherBrains Monday night by weighing in on the following question on our current blog poll: If you were driving a car and found yourself being overtaken by a tornado with no … Continue reading →

Iconic newsman Walter Cronkite passed away today. Most of us grew up watching him. He was a model of credibility. His coverage of President Kennedy’s assassination for very moving, and a critical day for television news. I had the immense … Continue reading →

A few showers have developed this evening from the Birmingham area to near lake Logan Martin then into Cleburne County north of I-20. Brief heavy rain fell here in Trussville from the cell that is located between Trussville and Leeds. … Continue reading →

Our heavy thunderstorms have now spread down into South Central and South Alabama from the Montgomery area southwestward to near Camden and then on into Southwest sections of the state. A large area of moderate rain was behind the main … Continue reading →

The line of storms now extends from Coosa and Elmore Counties in Central Alabama back through Chilton County near and south of Clanton, then into Perry County near Marion, then to northwest of Camden and over to near Butler. Some … Continue reading →

No warnings in effect for Alabama right now. Our line of storms now extends from Randolph through Clay, Coosa, Chilton, southern Bibb, Hale, Perry and through southern Greene and Sumter Counties. The strongest storms are west of Demopolis…southeast of Greensboro … Continue reading →

The National Weather Service has issued a new severe thunderstorm warning for portions of Clay and Talladega Counties until 230 p.m. This is ahead of that intense line segment that extends from just west of Talladega to just east of … Continue reading →

A line of strong thunderstorms continues pushing south southeastward across Central Alabama this afternoon. Two main concentrations of heavy weather now… …over eastern Shelby up into southern St. Clair and western Talladega Counties. The core of this is a big … Continue reading →