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Radar Update – 8:25 a.m.
Showers continue mainly over East Alabama this morning. The activity has been going downhill after a flare up in some areas right around sunrise. It made for great waking up weather early this morning with some heavy rain and occasional … Continue reading
Weather Marginal at Cape for Shuttle
LATE UPDATE – 7:33 AM – Instability is cited as the reason that the first landing opportunity is being waved off for Kennedy. They will be shooting for a landing opportunity on orbit 197 at one of the two locations … Continue reading
At the Ridiculous Hour of 5 a.m.
5:15 actually, but who’s counting? Tropical rainbands continue across Alabama early this morning. Rainfall is increasing rapidly in coverage and intensity over Coosa County, moving into eastern Shelby and Talladega Counties. Strong thunderstorm developing near Columbiana. Will push northward into … Continue reading
Could Be A Busy Day
The system that moved inland over Southwest Alabama and Southeast Mississippi Saturday morning definitely had some tropical characteristics. The folks on Dauphin Island will tell you that it did, with the western part of the island flooded with storm surge … Continue reading
Cullman Warning Expires
Rainbands with tropical systems often perks up at night. This happened overnight tonight. There is also quite a bit of shear in the atmosphere and this can lead to brief spin ups of isolated tornadoes. The tornado warning issued by … Continue reading
Tornado Warning: Cullman County
Good morning… Tornado warning has been issued by NWS Huntsville for Cullman County. Their ARMOR radar shows indication of tornado near City of Cullman.
Late Evening Update
A well defined band of showers extends from Columbus, MS to south of Tuscaloosa to near Greenville in South Central Alabama. The band is rotating north at about 20 mph. Brief heavy rain will accompany the line as it passes. … Continue reading
Impressive Rains in Florida
Parts of Northeast Florida have experienced tremendous rainfall this week thanks to the low pressure system that moved inland over Southwest Alabama and Southeast Mississippi this morning. Much of Flagler and Volusia, as well as St. Johns, Putnam, Marion, and … Continue reading
Play Resuming at Regions
After extensive work by the Barons’ grounds crew, the SEC Baseball Tournament game is expected to resume at 615 p.m. CDT. There are light to moderate showers over Shelby county right now that will mover the Stadium between now and … Continue reading
4:30 P.M. Update
A large area of moderate showers covers all of eastern Mississippi and much of western Alabama this afternoon. The largest concentration of rain is west of I-65 and I-59. South of I-59 and west of I-65, the activity is more … Continue reading
