We still see rotation in the thunderstorm along the Jefferson/Walker County line just south of Gorgas. It is moving northeast. Will threaten Gorgas, Dora, Sumiton, West Jefferson and areas along US-78 west of Adamsville and possibly Cordova and Sipsey. The … Continue reading →

Tornado Warning for Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker till 2:00 PM CST AT 137 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM…OR 17 MILES NORTH OF HOLT…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

This past weekend, I spent a day walking in the infamous footsteps of the most destructive hurricane in United States history. I spent the day in the Lakeview neighborhood, bounded on the west by the 17th Avenue Canal and the … Continue reading →

On January 5, 1998, the worst ice storm in United States history was getting underway. An arctic front was pushing through New York and Maine, bringing temperatures well below freezing across a all of northern New York and Maine. The … Continue reading →

A line of rain and storms is over Northwest Alabama at this hour. It extends down into East Central Mississiippi, where it is poised to enter Marion, Lamar and Pickens Counties shortly. The activity is just ahead of a cold … Continue reading →

Fog is becoming quite dense across Central and North Central Alabama tonight. Some clearing right at sunset has allowed for rapid condensation of the moist air near the surface. Visibilities have been reduced to less than a mile in several … Continue reading →

Fog and low clouds still have the northern half of the state fairly well socked in this afternoon. A few showers are across the diagonal middle of the state A decent shower was over St. Clair County from south of … Continue reading →

A line of thunderstorms has been oriented west to east across the River Parishes and the Greater New Orleans area since early this evening. 4.33 inches of rain has fallen officially at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport since … Continue reading →

Blog reader Bryan Perry sent in a picture after he read the Wednesday story about the 1963 New Years Eve snowstorm across the South. I believe this is a picture from the 1964 snow that you wrote about yesterday. I’m … Continue reading →

Light showers speckle the radar this afternoon across Central Alabama from Greene and Sumter Counties down to Choctaw and Marengo Counties, east northeastward through Chilton and Autauga Counties then over to Cleburne, Randolp and Chambers Counties on the Georgia border. … Continue reading →