Author Archives: Scott Brown
Another Beautiful & Comfortable Winter Midday Across Central Alabama
Other than a few prescribed burns occurring in the area, skies across Central Alabama are nice and clear with tons of sunshine. Temperatures were in the upper 50s to the mid-60s as of the 11 am roundup. Continue reading
Bright, Sunny, & Nice Out There at Midday
Skies across Central Alabama are sunny as we are making the approach to the midday hour on this second “Hump Day” in February. Continue reading
WeatherBrains 838: Speed Dating For Meteorologists
This week’s Guest WeatherBrain is Dr. Kandis Boyd, one of the Deputy Division Directors of the National Science Foundation and is the first African American woman to receive an undergraduate degree in meteorology from Iowa State. Continue reading
Flood Watch Expanded Eastward to Include a Couple More Counties & Extended in Time
NWS Birmingham has extended the FLOOD WATCH until 9 am Friday for Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Perry, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega, and Tallapoosa counties in Central Alabama, and has expanded the watch to now include Bullock and Russell counties. Continue reading
Flash Flood Warning for Parts of Bullock, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Russell Co. Until 4 am Friday
AT 959 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. Continue reading
Severe Threat Has Ended for the Most Part; Tornado Watch has Finally Expired
As of 8:43 pm, the line of storms have pushed into the extreme southeastern parts of Central Alabama moving through portions of Russell, Bullock, and Montgomery counties, and will soon push into Pike and Barbour counties. Continue reading
Slight Risk Removed; Marginal Risk Remains for the Southeastern Parts of Central Alabama
The SPC just released their latest update to the Day One Severe Weather Outlook, and only the southeastern parts of Central Alabama remain in a Marginal Risk for severe storms through the rest of tonight. Continue reading
A Quick Check on Our Weather at 6:30 pm; Tornado Watch Condensed in Area, but Expanded in Time
As of 6:20 pm, rain has almost completely ended for locations west of the I-59 corridor, except for those along the corridor north and east of Birmingham. Continue reading
Flood Advisory for Parts of Elmore, Montgomery Co. Until 9:30 pm
AT 616 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. Continue reading
Severe T-Storm Warning for Parts of Chambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell Co. Until 7:15 pm
AT 552 PM CST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HILLABEE CREEK TO NEAR CAMP HILL TO NEAR WAVERLY TO NEAR TYSONVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. Continue reading
