Gov. Bobby Jindal is completing a press conference in Louisiana right now discussing the latest preparations in his state. Some notes… …people in FEMA trailers urged to evacuate now …a hurricane watch is expected along the coast by Saturday afternoon … Continue reading →

Scattered storms continue across North Central Alabama this afternoon. They are across Walker, Cullman, Blount, St. Clair and Etowah Counties. The heaviest storm is between Holly Pond and Blountsville. This storm is moving south southeast toward Cleveland, Nectar and Locust … Continue reading →

Due to incredible traffic loads, the blog has become extremely slow and unavailable for some folks logging on. Tornado warning for southern and western Jefferson County and northern Shelby County expired at 10 a.m. Tornado warning issued for Cleburne and … Continue reading →

Early on the morning of Thursday, August 25, 2005, the all too familiar twin square orange and black hurricane warning flags were flying over South Florida. Residents were again beginning the drudgery of preparation for another hurricane. On average, South … Continue reading →

The Tornado Warning continues for NW Jefferson and SE Walker Counties until 530 p.m. CDT. The Glenwood FD comfirmed a funnel cloud not reaching the ground 3 miles WNW of Gardendale at 5:02 p.m. This storm is not in the … Continue reading →

The NWS has issued a Tornado Warning for Jefferson and Walker Counties till 5:30 PM CDT …* AT 456 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CARDIFF…OR 7 MILES WEST OF GARDENDALE…MOVING … Continue reading →

FIRST A REISSUANCE… The NWS has issued a Tornado Warning for Fayette, Lamar [AL] till 4:30 PM CDT …* AT 356 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTE…MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. If you are … Continue reading →

A spotter has a visual on a tornado between 171 and 43 near the Tuscaloosa/Fayette County line east of Newtonville. It is moving toward Fayette. Tornado warning continues…

We have a report of a funnel cloud sighted from Berry. Tornado warning continues for northern Tuscaoosa and southern Fayette Counties. Good rotational signature on this storm. It is near New Lexington, or 13 miles SE of Fayette.

The atmosphere over Alabama is prime for small spin up tornadoes with lots of instability and spin. One tornado warning now…for northwestern Tuscaloosa and southern Fayette Counties. Rotation in a cell along US-43 just north of Samantha. Moving NNW toward … Continue reading →