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From Calhoun County…

Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Brandon Harris for these shots of today’s storms, taken on Chimney Peak overlooking Jacksonville….

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More Rain By Sunday

The Friday afternoon edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: The weather is improving nicely across Alabama this afternoon… just a few lingering showers are dotting the radar screen as … Continue reading →

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An Alabama Earthquake

Thank goodness not a big one, but a magnitude 2.2 quake occurred this morning near Mentone, up in Northeast Alabama. Read more here.

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Jefferson County Damage

These images were taken by Joshua Vest, and are from the Hidden Valley Mobile Home Community in Pinson…

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Hamilton Damage

Thanks to Marion County EMA Director Matt McCracken for these images from Hamilton this morning. Damage was at the Supervalu grocery store at AL 17 and US HWY 43, CIS Financial 10th ave and Buccaneer st in Hamilton, the Buccaneer … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Damage

This seems to be the most serious damage report from East Mississippi last night: NWUS54 KJAN 051130 LSRJAN PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 529 AM CST FRI JAN 05 2007 ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Severe Weather Calms Down

The Friday morning edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes: When it comes to thunderstorms, expect the unexpected. A good example of that this morning; even as of our 10:00 … Continue reading →

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Sumter County SVR Warning

NWS BMX has put Sumter County under a severe thunderstorm warning as the line is entering Alabama…. Another low CAPE high shear event… we can be thankful the surface based CAPE values are under 500 or we would be in … Continue reading →

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Tornado Watch

A tornado watch is in effect for a large part of Alabama until 10:00 am… A line of strong to severe storms is about to enter West Alabama… Instability values are still marginal, thank goodness, surface based CAPE values are … Continue reading →

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Late Night Update

Getting a little concerned about the surge in surface dewpoints in recent hours into North-Central Alabama. We have indicated that the severe weather threat will be near the Gulf Coast, but based on current developments looks like we need to … Continue reading →

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