Sure looks more and more like most of the serious convection this afternoon will be confined to the northeast corner of Alabama. Some respectable showers and storms have formed in a band from near Piedmont north to Weiss Lake; this … Continue reading →

**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today** Will keep this fairly short due to ongoing weather issues… THIS AFTERNOON: A tornado watch remains in effect the Northwest Alabama; specifically Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties. So far, development in that watch area … Continue reading →

SPC maintains a slight risk of severe thunderstorms (their standard risk) for North Alabama this afternoon and early tonight: The airmass is now in the recovery mode following the overnight MCS (mesoscale convective system). No surface based instability yet… However, … Continue reading →

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. INTERESTING DAY: We begin this day with a large mass … Continue reading →

What a severe weather outbreak to begin the 2010 severe weather season. Multiple reports of tornado damage across the eastern third of Texas. *Baseball sized hail falling now in Gilmer, Texas in Upshur County. Serious tornado signature on radar. Very … Continue reading →

Some late reports from Twitter… @mytexasweather: NWS: People trapped in homes and businesses destroyed near mile marker 628 on I-20 in Harrison County in NE TX. @LonghornWx: I-20 has been shut down just north of Canton, TX with pwr lines … Continue reading →

Thanks to Paul and Chris Jones for this video… they write: “Paul & Chris Jones drove from Mc Calla to Guntersville to fish on Lake Guntersville Saturday 1-16-2010 to find the temprature to be 12 degrees colder at the lake … Continue reading →

Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Vic Bell for this image… he writes: “I don’t know what these are called but they appear to be shaped by wind. They may be a form of mammatus but quite different. As usual, the … Continue reading →

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 315 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI … Continue reading →