At 7 p.m. CDT, Tropical Storm (nearly Hurricane) Hanna is about 130 miles south of Myrtle Beach, SC and 190 miles SSW of Wilmington, North Carolina. Movement is north at 20 mph. On this course, the center will cross the … Continue reading →

A weakening band of showers and storms continues tonight over Central Alabama. It extends from northern Hale and southern Tuscaloosa Countiesup into Walker and Winston Counties. Some other showers are up near Huntsville and others are over Northeast Mississippi. There … Continue reading →

Interesting days ahead in the Weather Office, with Hanna getting ready to make a trek up the East Coast as a strong tropical storm (and a big one I might add) and an increasing threat from extremely dangerous Hurricane Ike. … Continue reading →

It’s a battle of the tropical cyclones playing out right over Alabama tonight… Over West Alabama, we see the outer feeder band of Gustav, bringing showers across that side of the state. Some thunder is mixed in down around Greene, … Continue reading →

Taking a look at the overnight headlines from the National Hurricane Center tonight… Tropical Storm Hanna …HANNA NEARLY STATIONARY… Hanna is stationary tonight and still being beaten down by wind shear. This will relax tomorrow. She should become a hurricane … Continue reading →

LIX is the NWS Office New Orleans… …Westwego [Jefferson Co, LA] emergency mngr reports TORNADO at 05:10 PM CDT — public report relayed of a touchdown in central westwego. unconfirmed at this time. …AT 510 PM CDT…THE PUBLIC REPORTED AN … Continue reading →

It is impossible to miss the circulation of tropical depression Gustav tonight. Use your surface observations, surface map, satellite picture or radar, and the circulation is very evident still. Centered near Texarkana, Arkansas. Or Texas. Take your pick. At the … Continue reading →

WGUS54 KLIX 012213 FFWLIX LAC075-020415- /O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0020.080901T2213Z-080902T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 513 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH … Continue reading →

Close to home…storm entering Chilton and southwestern Coosa County has a significant weather alert associated with it. In Plaquemines Parish in New Orleans…a desperate effort to save a private levee on a diversion canal off the Mississippi River at Braithwaite. … Continue reading →

A single thunderstorm over Central Alabama this afternoon…over northeastern Autauga and northern Elmore County… It extends from east of Billingsley to US-231 north of Wetumpka. It is moving NNW rather quickly. The NWS has issued a SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR … Continue reading →