Author Archives: Scott Brown
Saturday’s Weather Xtreme — Strong to Severe Storms Possible Today; Dry For a While Afterwards
We’ll have the potential for active weather today as a strong cold front moves through, bringing the potential for strong to severe storms. Drier and colder air moves in for Sunday. Continue reading
Tornado Watch Issued for Parts of North/Central Alabama Until 11 am
A Tornado Watch has been issued for all counties in North Alabama (Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan) and for a few counties in the northwestern parts of Central Alabama (Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston) until 11 am this morning. Continue reading
A Late Night Look at Our Weather Situation
Radar as of 10:30 pm across North/Central Alabama shows that everything is all quiet for us, but the story is much different back to our northwest and west. Continue reading
At Midday: Skies Clearing Out in the Northwest
As of the 11 am roundup from the National Weather Service forecast office in Birmingham, temperatures have risen into the mid-40s to the upper 50s across Central Alabama as skies are clearing out. Continue reading
WeatherBrains 829: Getting Old is Rough
This week’s guest WeatherBrain, Dr. Louis Uccellini, attended the University of Wisconsin, where he earned his PhD. He has spent over 50 years in the field of meteorology and 43 years as a public servant. We celebrate the career of this legend of the weather community. Continue reading
Only a Very Small Portion of Central Alabama Remains in a Slight Risk
As of the 1:52 pm update from the Storm Prediction Center, the Slight Risk for severe storms has been greatly reduced to now only include the southeastern half of Marengo County, the southern tip of Perry County, the southwestern 2/3rds of Dallas County, and the southwestern half of Lowndes County. Continue reading
Severe Threat Continues for Locations South of US-80 & I-85
As of 1:15 pm, the line of rain and storms have become more horizontal in nature as far as in orientation on radar, and that usually means that the front has now lost the influence from the better dynamics off to the northeast. Continue reading
Slight Risk Continues for Portions of Central Alabama; North Alabama Cleared from Severe Threat
A Slight Risk for severe storms continues for a good portion of Central Alabama, especially for the cities of Anniston, Talladega, Alexander City, Clanton, Demopolis, Selma, and Montgomery. Continue reading
CANCELED — Severe T-Storm Warning for Clay, Coosa, Talladega Co. Until 11:45 AM
At 1042 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Talladega to Talladega Springs, moving east at 45 mph. Continue reading
Severe Threat Continues South of I-59; Much Cooler & Stable Air Moving In Behind the Storms
As of 10:15 am this morning, the main line of stronger thunderstorms has now pushed south and east of the I-59 corridor, which will now give an all-clear from the severe weather threat for locations north and west of I-59. Continue reading
