The Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch effective until 9 pm.. CDT for West Alabama. Here is an approximation of the watch area in the form of the SPC parallelogram. The official counties in the BMX warning area … Continue reading →

Instabilities are increasing over eastern Mississippi and Alabama this afternoon and our lines of storms are intensifying. Severe thunderstorm watches have been issued for eastern Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. They will likely be extended into … Continue reading →

Don’t worry, there is no high risk outlook today. But when the SPC issues them, they do get lots of people’s attenton. Rich Thompson is a highly respected forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. He spoke at … Continue reading →

A line of intensifying showers was moving across Mississippi this morning. It extends from west of Iuka to Booneville to west of Tupelo to near Winona and Yazoo City. A new line has formed a little ahead of the first … Continue reading →

A surface low is located over southern Missouri late this morning. A cold front is back over Arkansas and a pre-frontal trough is approaching the Mississippi River. Ahead of the low, a quasi-warm front is lifting north and northeastward across … Continue reading →

Rain continues to increase across Central Mississippi this evning. This activity is pushing east towards Alabama. It will move across the area overnight. There could be a bit of elevated thunder overnight, especially over South Central sections of the state. … Continue reading →

Showers were spreading northeastward across Central Mississippi this evening ahead of an upper level disturbance that is lifting into western Tennessee. The rainfall was light to moderate, since the main inflow of Gulf moisture is being cutoff by a huge … Continue reading →

The collective power of about 180,000 Alabama and Auburn fans are willing the disturbance over West Alabama to weaken. Drier air to the east isn’t hurting, either. Showers were moving into Jefferson County at this hour, but they are light. … Continue reading →

A disturbance moving east into West Central Alabama has spread showers into western and southwestern sections of the state. The disturbance shows clearly on radar over Pickens County. There is even a little thunder along the leading edge of the … Continue reading →

On the morning of Friday, April 17, 1970, a strong upper low was crashing onshore in California. Ahead of the low, a broad upper trough was across the southern Plains. At the Weather Bureau office in Lubbock, Texas, Meteorologist Johnny … Continue reading →