Author Archives: Ryan Stinnet

Rapid Changes

Reports are coming in so fast that they are hard to keep up with, but needless to say conditions and changing quickly. A majority of our northern counties are seeing the snow fall. Along the I-20 corridor, we are seeing … Continue reading →

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Seeing the Snow

A quick look at our Hamilton skycam shows the snow is coming down rapidly. The transition is on from liquid to to frozen precip across the area and this transition zone is sinking south through the central portions of the … Continue reading →

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Reports Streaming In

Rain is rapidly transitioning to frozen precip and snow across Central Alabama. We are seeing a majority of the snow reports across the northern counties, but that area of transition is dropping south, rapidly. Snow is falling in: Haleyville Fayette … Continue reading →

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Civil Emergency Message Issued for Cleburne County

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN CLEBURNE COUNTY. THE CLEBURNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS ISSUED A COUNTY WIDE CURFEW FROM 6PM TONIGHT UNTIL 6AM TOMORROW MORNING. THE COUNTY IS REQUESTING … Continue reading →

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Seeing Rapid Transition to Frozen Precip

The rain is turning over to sleet and snow across the area. Via social media, it starts raining, then becomes a freezing rain and sleet mixture,  and finally turns into snow. The radar image has changed rapidly the last hour … Continue reading →

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More Reports

We continue to monitor conditions to our north as the transition will occur from north to south across much of the area this afternoon. From NWS Huntsville: Rain is slowly changing over to frozen precip across the Huntsville CWA, but … Continue reading →

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Midday Update

Quite the hodgepodge of weather across the state today. For most locations in Central Alabama, we continue to see light rain this midday. That remains right on track with forecasts and the overall thinking for today, as well as current … Continue reading →

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Use Caution Heading East

Heavy rain is falling along I-20 heading towards Atlanta. Some reports of of sleet and freezing rain being reported towards the Alabama state line. Temps just across the border in Georgia are right at the freezing mark. That cold air … Continue reading →

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Forecast on Track

Good news just across the state line, the NWS in Jackson has cancelled the Winter Weather Advisory for the counties that border Alabama as temperatures have warmed above freezing and only light to moderate rain is falling. That is not … Continue reading →

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A Cold Rain, with a Wintry Mix to the North

We continue to see a mostly rain event across Central Alabama this morning, but we are getting some reports across our northern counties of a bit of a wintry mix. Event reports of some light icing on elevated surfaces. We … Continue reading →

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