Author Archives: Scott Brown
A Brief Check on Our Weather Just After 5 pm
We have a line of storms that is moving into the northwest corner of the state, with the potential for gusty winds up to 40 mph that could potentially knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Continue reading
Tornado Watch Issued for the Northern Parts of North/Central Alabama Until 10 pm
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch until 10 pm tonight for Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties in North Alabama, and for Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, and Winston counties in Central Alabama. Continue reading
Tornado Watch Likely to Be Issued for North/Central Alabama Within the Next 2-3 Hours
Severe thunderstorm potential will increase from late afternoon into this evening. Timing of watch issuance remains uncertain, but may be needed within the next 2-3 hours. Continue reading
A Brief Update as of 1:30 pm
As of 1:29 pm, there is not a lot to talk about across North/Central Alabama at the moment. We have a few showers and storms moving northeastward at about 25-30 mph across the southeastern portions of the area, mainly south of the I-85 corridor. Continue reading
Tornado Watch Issued to our West and Northwest
A Tornado Watch has been issued for the northern half of Mississippi, the extreme southwestern parts of Tennessee, the extreme east and southeastern parts of Arkansas, and the extreme north and northeastern parts of Louisiana. Continue reading
Tornado Watch Likely to Be Issued Within the Next 1-2 Hours
The Storm Prediction Center has released a Mesoscale Discussion that points to the potential of a Tornado Watch being issued within the next couple of hours for the northern half of Mississippi and into the northwestern parts of North/Central Alabama. Continue reading
SPC Expands Enhanced Risk Again, While Reducing the Slight Risk Slightly
I know it has literally been just a few minutes since I posted about the expansion of risk levels across North/Central Alabama, but I’m back again as the Storm Prediction Center has just updated the risk levels once again for the area, and has introduced an increased risk for tornadoes for locations west of I-65. Continue reading
SPC Expands Enhanced & Slight Risks for Severe Storms
NWS Birmingham has stated that models are trending toward higher instability and shear rates across the northwestern parts of the area later this afternoon and into the early evening hours, which may lead to the enhancement of any storms that begin to rotate. Continue reading
Wednesday Weather Xtreme — Severe Threats Today Through Saturday night
We now have a risk of stronger to severe storms from today through Saturday night, before much calmer and colder weather moves in late on Sunday. Continue reading
Latest Update on the Wednesday/Thursday Severe Weather Threat
The latest update from the Storm Prediction Center has reduced the size of the Slight Risk across North/Central Alabama to include locations along and north of a line from Demopolis to Clanton to Alexander City, with the rest of the southern parts of Central Alabama included in a Marginal Risk for severe storms on Wednesday. Continue reading
