Elmore County Emergency Management reports that a person was struck by lightning on Bouldin Dam Road near Speigner. No report on their condition. A severe thunderstorm warning continues for Elmore County until 1:15. Thunderstorms are increasing over South Central Alabama … Continue reading →

Our small complex of storms is approaching the Gadsden and Anniston areas now. Expect brief heavy rain (over one quarter inch in spots) and dangerous lightning. Winds will gust to about 25 mph. Nothing severe at this time. Storms are … Continue reading →

Showers and storms continue across the northern third of Alabama this morning. They may have settled about as far south as they are going to, with a boundary beginning to set up across the area from Columbus MS to north … Continue reading →

Showers and storms continue to sink slowly southward this morning across North Central Alabama. Heavy rain was across Fayette, NW Walker and Winston Counties. This activity will move into Cullman, across Walker and into nrothern Tuscaloosa Counties as it moves … Continue reading →

The severe thunderstorm warning for Lamar and Fayette Counties has been canceled. The storms have weakened. But storms continue from west of Double Springs to Natural Bridge to Brilliant to Winfield, Crossville and Vernon. Heavy storms are moving across eastern … Continue reading →

The NWS Birmingham has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fayette, Lamar [AL] till 9:15 AM CDT. A complex of strong to severe thunderstorms extends from north of Brilliant to north of Guin to Sulligent to near Aberdeen in Mississippi. … Continue reading →

The NWS Memphis continues the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Itawamba and Monroe [MS] till 8:45 AM CDT. Storm reports… …Verona [Lee Co, MS] law enforcement reports TSTM WND DMG at 07:48 AM CDT — several trees down …Tupelo [Lee Co, … Continue reading →

Active weather is getting off to an early start on this Sunday morning. One storm complex is moving through Northeast Alabama at this hour with another firing up over eastern Mississippi. In Mississippi, a strong cluster of storms extends from … Continue reading →

On July 2, 1916, the Weather Bureau central office in Washington sent a telegram to weather offices along the Gulf Coast. It was of a tropical cyclone near latitude 17N, longitude 84W, or north of Swan Island. It was moving … Continue reading →

Reader Joe Chance reports this sad news tonight… One person has been killed and 18 others have been injured after a lightning strike struck a 4th of July gathering in Lakeland, Florida. Here is an Associated Press report on the … Continue reading →