Author Archives: Scott Brown
Hot And Humid At Midday In Central Alabama, Code Orange Air Quality Alert
So you can tell that ridging has taken over our weather pattern in Central Alabama. Skies are mainly clear at the 11 o’clock hour, and radar is quiet and should stay that way for nearly everyone in Central Alabama throughout the remainder of the day. Continue reading
Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Wednesday
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has issued a CODE ORANGE Air Quality Alert for Jefferson and Shelby counties, including the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, for Wednesday. Continue reading
It’s Getting Hot Out There At The Midday Hour
What’s Happening With Our Weather As We Approach The Midday Hour We have mainly clear skies and warm temperatures at the 11 o’clock hour across the northern half of Central Alabama, with partly cloudy skies to the south. There are … Continue reading
8:15PM Check On Our Weather Situation
As we have reached dusk across Central Alabama, shower and storm activity is starting to dissipate quickly. We still have one hefty thunderstorm out there over parts of Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Greene, and Hale counties, that is producing torrential rainfall and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning. Continue reading
Strong Storms Affecting Parts Of The Area At 3:45PM
Strong storms are currently occuring across Central Alabama at this time, with the strongest located in the southeastern parts of Jefferson County about to move into Shelby County. NWS Birmingham continues to have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for this storm as it continues to move to the south-southwest at 5 MPH. Continue reading
Areal Flood Advisory For Parts of Jefferson County Until 5:30PM
At 326 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding in the advisory area. Continue reading
July 17, 1987 – Flooding Creates Havoc On The Guadalupe River
A heavy rain event during the early morning hours of July 17th caused flooding on the Guadalupe River that swept away campers at a local church camp in Texas. Continue reading
Mostly Sunny And Warm At Midday, A Few Showers Out There
Currently across Central Alabama, we are already starting to see cumulus clouds popping up, making our sky mostly sunny at this point. We do note that there is currently one lone wolf shower over the northeastern part of Clay County. All of the rest of the shower activity is currently located in the extreme southwestern parts of Central Alabama, and down into South Alabama. Continue reading
A Midday Look At Central Alabama’s Weather
After a morning that featured torrential rains over portions of Central Alabama, much of the area across the area is quiet at this time. That is good news at this point considering the flooding that was taking place in parts of Jefferson and Shelby counties. Some of the rainfall totals that have been submitted to NWS Birmingham has ranged from 4-6 inches so far, with the highest total of 6.39 inches very close to Alabama Splash Adventure in Bessemer. Continue reading
A Brief Check On Our Weather Situation At 5:15PM
At 5:05 PM, we have a good bit of showers and storms across Central Alabama at this point. Most of the larger storms are lined up stretching from Cuba and Livingston, to the north-northeast through Gordo and to Oakman and Parrish. Continue reading
