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Regions Park Update

The SEC Tournament at Hoover is in a rain delay. The tarp is on. The teams have headed back to their hotels. The question is how much longer it will rain. Based on radar trends, light to moderate to occasionally … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning Canceled

Good news. The tornado warning is canceled for Chilton County. The storm has weakened. MORE GENERAL UPDATE A band of moderate to heavy rain continues across much of the western half of Central Alabama at this hour. It extends from … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning Continues for Chilton County

We are still tracking a rotating shower centered about 7 miles southeast of Clanton at this hour. It is just east of US 31 to the east of Cooper or northeast of Verbena. It apparently produced damage at Marbury in … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning Chilton County…

Tornado Warning for Chilton [AL] till 2:30 PM CDT …* AT 159 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VERBENA…OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLANTON…MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN … Continue reading →

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Rain Increasing

A wide swath of moderate with some embedded heavy rain is moving across South Central Alabama this afternoon. The heaviest rain is generally in an area from Carrollton to Calera to Rockford to Eufaula to Camden to Butler. Moderate rain … Continue reading →

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Batter Up!

They’re playing at Regions Park now in the SEC Baseball Tournament. The rainband that is moving north across Central Alabama has weakened a bit. Light rain will continue to affect areas from Sumter and Pickens Counties across Tuscaloosa Jefferson, Shelby … Continue reading →

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9:15 Radar Check

EDITED 9:30 AM FOR SECOND RAIN BAND Keeping an eye on the radar for fans heading to the SEC Baseball Tournament at Regions Park in Hoover. Radar shows a band of moderate to heavy rain extending from north of Greensboro … Continue reading →

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Radar Nowcast

At 7:30, an band of heavier showers on the periphery of the Gulf disturbance was rotating north through Central Alabama. It is moving northwest at about 40 mph. It will reach Regions Park at around 9 a.m. and downtown Birmingham … Continue reading →

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Atlantis Landing Waved Off For Today

Mission controllers at NASA have waved off the landing opportunities for today for the Space Shuttle Atlantis because of weather at the Kennedy Space Center. There is a chance that the weather could cooperate at Kennedy tomorrow with improvement expected. … Continue reading →

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From the NHC

000 ABNT20 KNHC 231140 TWOAT SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 740 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2009 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO… SATELLITE IMAGERY…RADAR DATA…AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE … Continue reading →

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