Author Archives: Scott Brown
Severe T-Storm Watch Issued for Southern Parts of Central Alabama Until 9:00 pm Tonight
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective immediately for the southern portions of Central Alabama and all of South Alabama. The Central Alabama counties included in the watch are Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Pike, and Russell. The watch is set to expire at 9 pm tonight. Continue reading
A Quick Check at 1:00 pm; Severe T-Storm Watch May Be Issued for Southwest Alabama
At 12:45 pm, all of North/Central Alabama is rain-free at this point with the exception of the far southern parts of Pike and Barbour counties. Continue reading
An Update to Our Severe Weather Threat as of 10:30 am
As of 10:03 am, much of North/Central Alabama is dry except for light rain falling over the extreme northeast corner of North Alabama, a cluster of storms stretching from Linden and Marion to Clanton, Tuskegee, and Montgomery, and for the extreme eastern parts of Barbour County where light rain is falling. Continue reading
A Brief Update on Our Weather Situation Just After 7:00 am
Much of the rain and thunderstorm activity has moved into the eastern half of North/Central Alabama east of the I-65 corridor, with much of the western half getting a brief respite from the rain. Continue reading
Heads Up Southwestern Pike County… Tornado-Warned Storm Heading Your Way
A Tornado-Warned storm is moving northeast across Crenshaw County and was very close to Brantley. Continue reading
Strong to Severe Storms Possible Today; Very Nice on Sunday
We have the potential for severe storms across much of the area today, before we get into a stretch of warm and dry weather from Sunday through midweek. Clouds and rain return to end off the work week ahead. Continue reading
A Mid-Afternoon Look at Our Severe Weather Threat on Saturday
The newest update from the Storm Prediction has most of Central Alabama in a level 3/5 Enhanced Risk for severe storm for Saturday, especially for locations east and south of a line from York (Sumter Co.) to Parrish (Walker Co.) to Highland Lake (Blount Co.) to Abernathy (Cleburne Co.). Continue reading
WeatherBrains 796: 4.27.11 TN/GA/VA
Episode 796! Our first of two episodes looking back at the April 27-28, 2011 tornadoes! This week, we focus on Tennessee & Virginia! Guests: Mark Reynolds from WJHL-TV, Paul Bayrs from WRCB-TV, David Hotz & Greg Carbin from the National Weather Service. Continue reading
Sunday Will Be Very Nice for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park
There will be no surprises with the weather on Sunday as we saw on Saturday with the unexpected clearing with bright sunshine for the 2nd round of practice and qualifying. Continue reading
A Quick Early Afternoon Look at Our Weather Situation
While we continue to have mostly cloudy skies and mild temperatures out there on this early Saturday afternoon, the good news is that we are rain free across Central Alabama. Continue reading
