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Marion County Continues Under The Gun

A tornado warning continues for Marion County until 4 p.m. The most dangerous part of the storm is just east of Hamilton, will pass near or just north of Pearces Mill. A funnel cloud was reported on CR 42 in … Continue reading →

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Lamar/Marion County Warning Extended

Tornado warning continues for Marion County until 4 p.m. The warning for Lamar County has been canceled. Well defined lowering visible on ABC3340 Sky Cam from Hamilton HS. The most dangerous part of this storm is near Weston and Hamilton … Continue reading →

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Tornado Watch Issued

A tornado watch has been issued for northern Alabama and northern Mississippi. It goes until 9 p.m. In Alabama, it is generally north of I-20… Counties… In Birmingham Warning Area… Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, … Continue reading →

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Severe Threat Increasing…Watch Will Be Out Soon

Look for a weather watch from the Storm Prediction Center for North Alabama into southern Tennessee and maybe northern Georgia soon. A tornado warning is in effect for northern Lamar and Marion Counties until 315 p.m. Strong indications of a … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning Lamar/Marion County

Dangerous storm 18 miles WSW of Hamilton…will move in direction of Bexar, Weston and Hamilton. BMX issues Tornado Warning for Lamar, Marion [AL] till 3:15 PM CDT …* AT 228 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE … Continue reading →

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Tornado Warning – NE Mississippi

This storm will track to near Red Bay in Franklin County by 2:45 p.m. WFUS54 KMEG 021908 TORMEG MSC057-021945- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0011.090502T1908Z-090502T1945Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 208 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 THE … Continue reading →

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Early Afternoon Look at Alabama Weather

Storms downstream from Birmingham… Storms upstream from Birmingham…. Radar from BMX shows a line of storms from just south of Cartersville GA to north of Carrollton GA to north of Wedowee in Randolph County to near Ashland. There they become … Continue reading →

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Storms Intensifying over East Alabama

Storms are growing over East Central Alabama in an area that has colder temperatures aloft, leftover from last night’s storm complex. Storms were growing east of Birmingham from west of Oxford to Riverside and Pell City south to Childersburg. Other … Continue reading →

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Excellent NWS Mesoscale Discussion

Kevin Laws is one of the excellent forecasters out at the National Weather Service Birmingham office. He just penned an excellent mesoscale discussion that is fairly easy to read. I thought you might enjoy it too. He basically says that … Continue reading →

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10 a.m. Report

A batch of showers and storms is over North and North Central Alabama this morning. About 40 percent of the area north of I-20 is getting rain at this hour. The heaviest showers are over eastern Jefferson County in the … Continue reading →

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