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From the NWS Jackson…about Thursday

Interesting reading from our friends over at the NWS in Jackson, MS. Obviously a developing weather situation that will bear watching for a large area of the South, including for us here in Alabama… THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING…ELEMENTS ARE STILL … Continue reading →

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Approaching 6 p.m…

North and Central Alabama are 96% free of precipitation at this hour. In South Alabama…a short line of storms was entering Washington County, extending up into Choctaw and Clarke Counties. Flash flood warnings cover much of northern Mobile and Baldwin … Continue reading →

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At 4 o’clock in Alabama

A large area of rain continues across Southeast Alabama this afternoon. North and Central Alabama are generally free of rain at this hour. The exceptions are some light showers from Calhoun and Cleburne Counties up to Jackson County, near the … Continue reading →

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Amazing Flood Pictures from North Dakota

Check out these amazing flood pictures from the Fargo/Moorhead area…

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March 30, 1962: Alabama Wind/Hail Storm

Pictures on the front page of the Birmingham News on Friday, March 30, 1962 showed the Cuban trial of participants in the Bay of Pigs invasion attempt. A major story covered the Federal Government decision that it would cut off … Continue reading →

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Noon Look at Alabama Weather

Stratocumulus clouds are hanging tough across much of North and Central Alabama at the noon hour. Those persistent, low gray clouds are wrapping around the big upper low that is beating a retreat through the Great Lakes region now. They … Continue reading →

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1991: Birmingham’s Good Friday Blowdown

March 29, 1991 was Good Friday. Many people went to bed expecting severe weather during the night, including me. I set the alarm to get up a short time before I expected it to him. But it wasn’t the alarm … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up A Crazy Four Days

Thunderstorms bubbled up as if on cue Saturday evening across the northeastern quarter of Alabama. The storms quickly became severe with large hail and high winds. They were low topped supercells, with tops of the tallest storm only about 35,000 … Continue reading →

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Alabama Warnings

BMX continues Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah [AL] till 9:00 PM CDT BMX cancels Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega [AL] Tornado warning for eastern DeKalb will expire shortly as tornadic storm moves into Georgia.

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Northeast Alabama Warning

Tornado Warning for DeKalb [AL] till 8:45 PM CDT …* AT 829 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HAMMONDVILLE…OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT PAYNE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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