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Wild Weather Day
Here are several hundred images of storm clouds and damage from across Alabama yesterday… thanks to all of you who took the time to send them to us!
Clinton, MS Tornado
Thanks to Keith Owens for this image… he writes… “James, Attached is a picture of a massive Tornado outside one our Fred’s locations in Clinton, MS. Thankful everyone is ok, but the tornado was unbelievable!!!!!”
Trussville Hail
Thanks to @SethTindol for this hail image from Trussville via Twitter…
StormChaser 33/40 Live
Here is the live stream from StormChaser 33/40… Ashley Brand is out today… Live Video streaming by Ustream
Tornado Watch – NW Alabama
This tornado watch was just issued for Northwest Alabama until 3:00 p.m… URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 735 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS … Continue reading
Long Duration Severe Weather Threat Ahead
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. LONG DAY AHEAD: This … Continue reading
Quick Peek
Wow… below is the new 00Z NAM STP (Significant Tornado Parameter) output valid at 10:00 p.m. tomorrow… Seems like the 00Z runs are trending slower and more aggressive with severe weather parameters. Will have full discussion and a new Weather … Continue reading
Deadly Tornado Outbreak In Southeast OK
Our sister station in Tulsa, KTUL, now reports 1 dead and 3 critical injuries in the community of Tushka, Oklahoma, in the southeast part of the state. Major damage. Many tornado warnings continue…
Beautiful View From 22,500 Miles
What a great view of the severe thunderstorms over Oklahoma from this visible satellite image… Note the line of towering cumulus clouds just west of Dallas/Fort Worth… those are along the dry line. The dewpoint at Fort Worth is 55, … Continue reading
Storms Explode To The West
See the radar from Tulsa… this sure doesn’t bode well for Alabama tomorrow. Multiple severe storms along the dryline, and most all of them are capable of producing tornadoes. See all of the tornado warnings…
