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Mississippi Shaker

On top of everything else… a magnitude 3.1 earthquake shook Northeast Mississippi this afternoon…. Get the details here from the USGS. Wonder what else will happen????

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Late Afternoon Discussion

In the weather office at ABC 33/40 now…. here are some thoughts on what we can expect tonight. *The primary threat of organized severe weather for Alabama will be in the 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. time frame, and the … Continue reading →

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Waiting And Watching

Writing this update from home on my wife’s aluminum iMac. This thing is nice! I will be heading into the office at ABC 33/40 shortly for the long night; Ashley B is there now. Wanted to show the 12Z sounding … Continue reading →

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More Cullman County Damage

Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Mike Wilhelm for these images from yesterday… he writes: “James, I drove up AL Hwy 69 through the northeast Cullman County towns of Simcoe, Fairview, and Baileyton this evening. We saw numerous trees uprooted and … Continue reading →

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Severe Storms Possible This Weekend

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… Quite a complex and interesting forecast through Sunday. First… we are watching the radar, and so far no sign of … Continue reading →

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May Snow

Thanks to Bill “Bubba” Bussey for passing along these photos from one of his listeners… “Hey Bubba, I am an avid listener – and I love the show!! I wanted to share some photos that my Aunt who lives in … Continue reading →

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Amazing Tornado Video

Check this out… this was caught by surveillance video in Colbert County at Leighton… it aired last night on WHNT in Huntsville. Our pal Dan Satterfield describes the video.

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Active Weather Through The Weekend

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes… No doubt we will have to deal with more severe weather before the weekend is over. Nailing down the details … Continue reading →

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From Talladega County…

Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Stephan Frank for these images… he writes: “Here are pictures of the storms when they came through Munford this afternoon. Talladega County was under a severe thunderstorm warning at the time. Some rotation was present.”

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Watching ABC 33/40 In Germany

Thanks to our friends Marco Kaschuba and Corinna Schubert for this image… they have visited our station in recent years when they were in Alabama. They write: Hi James Spann, like always, we are watching you right now live from … Continue reading →

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