February 22, 2026
Winter Briefly Returns
Daily Weather Briefing Sunday, February 22, 2026 ALABAMA THIS MORNING A clear, windy morning greets Alabamians as they wake this...
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February 22, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing Sunday, February 22, 2026 ALABAMA THIS MORNING A clear, windy morning greets Alabamians as they wake this...
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February 7, 2026
This past Monday was Groundhog Day. A holiday celebrated in America in which a famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerges from...
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February 1, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing Sunday, February 1, 2026 ALABAMA YESTERDAY Many Alabamians woke to snow showers yesterday morning. They began early...
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January 31, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing Saturday, January 31, 2026 Watch the Alabama Weather Network Team LIVE as they bring the most up...
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January 28, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing Wednesday, January 28, 2026 ALABAMA YESTERDAY A sunny day took place yesterday, allowing temperatures to “warm” to...
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January 25, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing Sunday, January 25, 2026 ALABAMA YESTERDAY The weather was quite active yesterday, with three different stories across...
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January 24, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing Saturday, January 24, 2026 ALABAMA YESTERDAY A few showers brought light rain accumulation to the southeast yesterday,...
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January 18, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing Sunday, January 18, 2026 Watch the Alabama Weather Network live coverage from this morning: ALABAMA YESTERDAY The...
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January 17, 2026
Daily Weather Briefing January 17, 2026 ALABAMA YESTERDAY Yesterday was a clear and mild day, with highs reaching the upper...
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December 14, 2025
Daily Weather Briefing Sunday, December 14, 2025 ALABAMA YESTERDAY Yesterday featured quiet and pleasant weather across Alabama, with highs...
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December 13, 2025
Daily Briefing Saturday, December 13, 2025 ALABAMA YESTERDAY Friday was a beautiful day across Alabama with mild temperatures and...
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December 10, 2025
In our newsletters, we have mentioned that a "Clipper system" is impacting the Midwest and Northeast this week. But what...
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February 23, 2025
? WINTER’S FINAL STAND? A RAINY SOUTH, A DRY NORTH, AND A WARMING TREND AHEAD As February winds down, we’re...
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February 19, 2025
Radar check as of 9:12AM shows that much of the precipitation has moved out of the state, but we do...
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February 19, 2025
Here are road conditions this hour in Florence: And in Decatur: Roads are snow covered in Huntsville. Here is I-565:...
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February 19, 2025
No change in the winter weather advisory from Huntsville. Snow accumulations of up to 1 inch in their 9 counties...
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February 19, 2025
As we approach the 4AM hour in Alabama, all remains rather quiet on the roadways as most locations continue to...
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February 19, 2025
LATEST ASSESSMENT: - A "wintry mix" of snow, sleet, and freezing rain is expected overnight across northern Alabama, mainly along...
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February 19, 2025
Radar check as of 1:43AM CST shows that rain has moved into the western portions of North and Central portions...
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February 19, 2025
A powerful Arctic high is located over southern Saskatchewan early on this Wednesday morning. The clockwise flow around this sprawling...
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February 18, 2025
As of 11:00PM, it would appear based on the radar out of Columbus Mississippi that some light wintry precipitation is...
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February 18, 2025
Winter weather is expected tonight into tomorrow across the northern part of Alabama. And while we aren't expecting significant amounts...
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February 18, 2025
Right now, there is snow falling over Memphis, TN. This snow is from a system that is expected to bring...
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February 18, 2025
It has definitely been a chilly day across much of the state, and we are beginning to see even colder...
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February 18, 2025
Right now, the system that has the potential to bring snow to Northern Alabama is currently moving across the Mississippi...
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February 18, 2025
Due to the threat of dangerous travel conditions with the incoming potential winter weather impacts, several school systems have either...
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February 18, 2025
A rather expansive area of snow is ongoing across portions of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. I have pulled up the...
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February 18, 2025
How much snow will you get? That's the question on most everyone's mind this afternoon as another winter storm takes...
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February 18, 2025
Cold weather advisories been issued by the National Weather Service offices in Birmingham and Huntsville from midnight Wednesday night to...
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February 18, 2025
WINTER WEATHER SETUP – WHAT’S CAUSING THIS WINTRY MIX POTENTIAL A strong upper-level shortwave trough is driving precipitation across the...
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February 17, 2025
Tuesday night will bring another round of winter weather to parts of the state - so here is the latest...
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February 16, 2025
It has been a stormy 24 hours across Alabama, but things have turned sharply colder today. Let's dig into the...
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February 16, 2025
No video this morning because of technical difficulties. Severe storms swept out of Central Alabama early this morning, with a...
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February 8, 2025
THIS WEEKEND: Today is shaping up to be a warm and mostly dry day as a warm front lifts north...
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January 22, 2025
Greetings from a snow covered Macon, Georgia today, as much of Middle Georgia is covered in 2-4 inches of snow....
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January 21, 2025
Snow forecasts have been revised upward. A significant winter storm is ongoing across Alabama, with snow accumulations now expected to...
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January 21, 2025
A historic winter storm is in progress along the Gulf Coast this morning. 10.5" of snow has been reported on...
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January 21, 2025
VERY COLD: Today is dangerously cold across Alabama as afternoon highs are not going to make it above freezing for...
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January 20, 2025
VERY COLD AIR MASS: Frigid weather has settled into Alabama and after morning lows in the teens, highs today will...
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January 19, 2025
An extreme cold warning has been issued for southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, and southeast Mississippi as dangerously cold wind chills...
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January 19, 2025
Temperatures are holding steady or falling slowly across North and Central Alabama on this blustery Sunday behind an arctic cold...
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January 19, 2025
?? The powerful Arctic front has swept through Alabama, ushering in a dramatically colder air mass. Temperatures early this morning...
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January 19, 2025
NWS offices in Birmingham and Mobile have issued winter storm watches for Tuesday morning through late Tuesday night. Up to...
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January 19, 2025
Winter precipitation is expected to occur across some areas of central and southern Alabama on Tuesday. Uncertainty remains regarding the...
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January 18, 2025
A Cold Weather Advisory has been issued for all of Central Alabama, taking effect from midnight Sunday night through 11...
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January 18, 2025
Radar check at 12:00PM shows that much of the state is dry with only a few scattered light showers or...
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January 18, 2025
For today, we'll have a warm font that will push northeastward through Alabama, bringing warm temperatures and a good bit...
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January 12, 2025
January 12, 1982 is a red letter date for me and the state of Alabama in weather history. I was...
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January 11, 2025
After a frigid and snow-covered day for the northern half of the state, and cold and dreary conditions in the...
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January 10, 2025
The NWS in Birmingham has extended the expiration on their Winter Storm Warning until midnight tonight with a few spots...
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January 10, 2025
PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING: After the snowy start to the event, we are seeing the transition to wintry mix and then a...
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January 10, 2025
Heavy snow is falling across the northern third of Alabama early this morning, with a quick burst of 1-3 inches...
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January 9, 2025
The weather today is sunny and cold with upper 30s to lower 40s, but clouds will begin to increase later...
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January 8, 2025
Today and tomorrow we continue to deal with cold weather with highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s, with...
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January 6, 2025
Snow showers continue to fall across North and North Central Alabama this morning, including portions of the Tennessee Valley. The...
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January 5, 2025
Please excuse the wrong date on today's video. This is the Sunday, January 5th Weather Briefing Video, contrary to what...
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January 4, 2025
FIRST SATURDAY OF 2025: High pressure will be dominating our weather for today, as it will be centered over North...
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December 29, 2024
???? IMPROVING CONDITIONS The severe weather threat is now confined to areas east of Alabama. Clouds will gradually diminish through...
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November 23, 2024
Good afternoon, friends! We’ve got an important update from the National Weather Service that I want to bring to your...
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November 14, 2024
It is day 4 of Alabama's Winter Weather Awareness Week! Today, we are highlighting some important terms to know when...
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November 11, 2024
I don't know about you....but I think this year is zooming by FAST! It is time to really be thinking...
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November 10, 2024
Alabama Winter Weather Awareness Week runs from November 10-15! The NWS offices across the state in partnership with the...
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March 23, 2024
A Frost Advisory is in effect from 3 AM to 8 AM CDT on Sunday. Temperatures are expected to range...
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February 3, 2024
A three-day winter storm brought a mixture of freezing and frozen precipitation to the northern half of Alabama on February...
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January 28, 2024
Alabama is in a full cold air advection regime this afternoon with strong northwesterly flow across the state. Temperatures are...
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January 21, 2024
Mid and high clouds are moving across Alabama today as a ridge of high pressure aloft moves over the area....
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January 21, 2024
Alabama is experiencing an exceptional weather pattern, with frigid cold gripping the state in the short term and a gradual...
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January 16, 2024
The precipitation has ended across most of the state, but temperatures are in the teens and 20s across Alabama and...
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January 16, 2024
The operative word this morning across North and Central Alabama is slick. And not in a good way. A Bessemer...
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January 16, 2024
Precipitation has mostly ended in the Tuscaloosa - Birmingham - Anniston/Gadsden areas early this morning. A mixture of rain, heavy...
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January 16, 2024
You can see the problem areas developing on Google Maps traffic layer tonight... Things will only get worse as we...
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January 15, 2024
Wintry precipitation is now falling in the Birmingham Metro area. Bridges will begin to ice quickly with temperatures at 29-30F....
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January 15, 2024
The latest Mesoscale Discussion just released by the Storm Prediction Center tells us that the wintry mix of sleet and...
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January 15, 2024
The radar is very active tonight with freezing rain in sleet from North Alabama back across much of Central Mississippi....
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January 15, 2024
Sleet and a little bit of snow continue to fall over North Alabama and into the northwestern parts of Central...
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January 15, 2024
Conditions continue to deteriorate over North Alabama and temperatures are falling across Central Alabama. Birmingham is down to 43F now....
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January 15, 2024
Travel conditions are not good across much of North Alabama at this hour… Joshua Whitcomb at Jackson County EMA reports...
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January 15, 2024
Dangerously cold Arctic air is dropping south into Alabama today brining the coldest air since December 2022 to Alabama and...
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January 14, 2024
Here is the radar just before 9 p.m. A few reports from North Alabama... Sleet is reported in Skyline as...
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January 14, 2024
A few updates have occurred to the warnings and advisories. Here is the latest map: The Winter Storm Warnings are...
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January 14, 2024
NWS Huntsville has extended the Winter Storm Warning to now include Cullman, DeKalb, Marshall, and Morgan counties from midnight tonight...
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January 14, 2024
NWS Birmingham has extended the Winter Weather Advisory to now include Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Cleburne, Dallas, Hale, Jefferson, Marengo, Perry,...
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January 14, 2024
Here are the latest storm total forecast snow and ice graphics from the National Weather Service National Digital Forecast Database:...
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January 14, 2024
?? You knew with all this cold air hanging around, we might have to deal with some wintry mischief. And...
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January 14, 2024
Here is a quick morning update from the warnings and advisories before the video. The National Weather Service in Huntsville...
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January 13, 2024
The NWS in Birmingham has added Lamar County to the Winter Storm Watch for Monday and Monday night: ALZ012-141200- /O.EXA.KBMX.WS.A.0001.240115T1200Z-240116T1200Z/...
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January 13, 2024
So, no change in the forecast for this weekend... For today, skies will be sunny, and we’ll need all the...
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January 13, 2024
THE CENTRAL ALABAMA WEEKEND Saturday will start off very breezy as winds could gust up as high as 25 mph,...
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December 30, 2023
Up to this point at 6 am, from what I have been able to see from reports on social media,...
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December 29, 2023
The latest from radar is not really showing any snow falling, but that doesn't mean that there may be some...
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December 29, 2023
Here is the radar from Birmingham with precipitation type turned on: The light blue is snow and it is now...
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December 29, 2023
Rain is changing along the Alabama-Tennessee border back into southern Tennessee. Here is a precipitation depiction by type from regional...
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December 29, 2023
From the NWS Birmingham: Overview: Temperatures drop into the lower to middle 30s tonight as precipitation moves in as a...
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December 28, 2023
Just before 10 p.m., here is a quick look at the Alabama weather situation. Light rain showers and are showing...
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December 28, 2023
Our upper level low is near Indianapolis this afternoon. A strong upper level disturbance is getting ready to cross the...
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December 28, 2023
??? Whenever you are in a cold pattern in December, January, or February, your thoughts turn to the possibility of...
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December 27, 2023
??? Just the mere mention of the S-word was always something to arouse the snow fan in me as a...
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March 20, 2023
WHAT'S OUR WEATHER LIKE AT MIDDAY We have sunny skies across North and Central Alabama as we are making our...
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March 19, 2023
How are your brackets holding up? I know, dumb question. But it was fun having the first and second rounds...
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March 18, 2023
Just as expected, with low temperatures expected to dip below freezing and some locations projected to hit the lower 20s,...
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March 18, 2023
THIS WEEKEND We're starting off with all the Tennessee Valley and the northern portions of Central Alabama under a Freeze...
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February 4, 2023
THIS WEEKEND: As of 12:26 pm, if you are located south of the I-59 corridor, you are most likely enjoying...
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February 1, 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Freezing rain with additional ice accumulations of a light...
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January 31, 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Freezing rain expected. Total...
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January 24, 2023
Freezing fog occurs when fog forms with temperatures at or below 32F. The tiny supercooled liquid droplets freeze on contact...
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December 27, 2022
...Patchy Dense Freezing Fog possible for portions of the Tennessee Valley through 8 AM... Patchy freezing fog is expected to...
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December 27, 2022
TODAY: Up in the Tennessee Valley Region this morning, some patchy freezing fog has developed and may contribute to additional...
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December 26, 2022
While a few flurries may still be falling over the northern portions of the area, much of the activity has...
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December 26, 2022
NWS Huntsville has allowed the WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY to expire for the following counties in the Tennessee Valley region: Colbert,...
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December 26, 2022
NWS Huntsville will allow the Winter Weather Advisory to expire at 7 pm for all of their counties in the...
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December 26, 2022
From the Jackson County EMA, all roads in Jackson County up in Northeast Alabama have been deemed impassible by tonight's...
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December 26, 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Light snowfall with accumulations up to 1/4 inch....
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December 26, 2022
A snowy Monday across the Tennessee Valley area... Some of the snow causing some trouble out there on the highways...
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December 26, 2022
*** No afternoon video. Holiday schedule for this week. *** Some wintry precipitation continues to fall over the northern-third of...
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December 24, 2022
Other than a few thin clouds moving across the area, skies are mainly clear across Central Alabama as we make...
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December 24, 2022
THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND IN CENTRAL ALABAMA While there will be plenty of sunshine across the area on Christmas Eve, that...
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December 23, 2022
NWS Birmingham has extended the HARD FREEZE WARNING originally set to expire at 9 am on Sunday Morning to now...
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December 22, 2022
NWS Huntsville has issued a Special Weather Statement on the gusty winds that are occurring across the Tennessee Valley counties,...
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December 22, 2022
All the Tennessee Valley counties (Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan) are set to...
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December 22, 2022
Skies across North/Central Alabama are socked in with cloud cover as we are making our run-up to the midday hour...
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December 21, 2022
There will be a huge swing in temperatures across North/Central Alabama from what we'll see for daytime highs on Thursday...
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December 21, 2022
For the locations in North Alabama (Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties), there...
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December 21, 2022
Folks, while this is not a tornado outbreak or a derecho that will be moving through the area, you should...
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December 20, 2022
NWS Birmingham has issued a HARD FREEZE WATCH valid from 12 am on Friday to 9 am Sunday for the...
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December 18, 2022
?The coldest air since January is heading for Alabama it appears, just in time for Christmas. Could there be some...
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December 17, 2022
Just before 11 am, skies were clearing out across the northwestern and northern parts of Central Alabama, while the rest...
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December 17, 2022
THIS WEEKEND Your Saturday will start off mostly cloudy, but much of that cloud cover will move out before sunset....
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December 11, 2022
Today's forecast is in pretty good shape except for the high. This is not a one number region as we...
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March 26, 2022
THE MIDDAY CHECKUP: As of the 11 am roundup, we have sunny skies across all of Central Alabama with temperatures...
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March 13, 2022
THE REST OF YOUR SUNDAY: At the 3 pm roundup, temperatures were in the 50s all across Central Alabama, ranging...
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March 13, 2022
TODAY: After a very chilly start to the day with early morning lows in the upper teens to the mid...
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March 12, 2022
HOW'S THE WEATHER? A very cool shot on the latest visible satellite image, as you can see the snow cover...
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March 12, 2022
TODAY'S WEATHER: With the snow mainly over with a few leftover flakes falling, both National Weather Service offices in Birmingham...
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March 11, 2022
At 8:06 pm this evening, rain is pushing through the Birmingham metropolitan area, with some heavier downpours mixed in. There...
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March 11, 2022
NWS Birmingham extends the Winter Storm Warning to now include Blount, Cherokee, and Etowah counties in Central Alabama. These counties...
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March 11, 2022
NWS Huntsville has upgraded Cullman, DeKalb, and Marshall counties in North Alabama to a Winter Storm Warning from 9 pm...
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March 10, 2022
After seeing highs in the mid 60s to the lower 70s today, and expected afternoon highs reaching the upper 60s...
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March 6, 2022
TODAY'S WEATHER: Today will be a decent day for the most part across Central Alabama, so get out there and...
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February 12, 2022
Temperatures as of the 5 am roundup were in the mid-30s to the lower 50s across Central Alabama. Birmingham was...
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February 9, 2022
CONDITIONS AT 11 AM Skies across Central Alabama are sunny as we are making the approach to the midday hour...
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January 28, 2022
This special weather statement is for the following counties in North Alabama: Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone,...
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January 28, 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Snow. Locations at higher elevations have already seen around...
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January 23, 2022
A BRIGHT & COOL SUNDAY: Troughing that has been in control of our weather for the past couple of days...
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January 22, 2022
TODAY'S WEATHER: A good portion of Central Alabama has clear skies and plenty of sunshine, where clouds are in the...
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January 22, 2022
DRY & COOL FOR THE WEEKEND: After a cold start across Central Alabama with morning lows down in the upper...
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January 16, 2022
The Winter Weather Advisories and the Winter Storm Warning that were in effect across Alabama have been canceled or have...
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January 16, 2022
The NWS in Birmingham and Huntsville have canceled the Winter Weather Advisories for their western counties. A Winter Storm Warning...
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January 16, 2022
A mix of precipitation continues across parts of North, Northwest, and Central Alabama late this afternoon. North of a line...
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January 16, 2022
From Andy Kula at the NWS Huntsville: Quick update... We will be adding Marshall and Madison Counties to the Winter...
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January 16, 2022
The NWS in Birmingham has added several counties to their Winter Weather Advisories. New counties include: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers,...
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January 16, 2022
...6:41 a.m....Snow covering the grass at Livingston in Sumter County...roads are just wet. ...6:55 a.m....Snow covering the grass at the...
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January 16, 2022
Remember our saying, upper-level low, weatherman's woe? It is happening this morning. Bursts of heavy snow began falling over Central...
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January 16, 2022
Have had a couple of false starts on the video this morning, but the third time's a charm, right? Look...
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January 16, 2022
Cold air coming around the backside of the surface low this morning, which is located over eastern Alabama, and in...
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January 15, 2022
Whenever we go into one of these wintry weather situations, I think back to all the potential snow events I...
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January 15, 2022
NWS Birmingham has extended the Winter Weather Advisory in the area to now include Fayette and Lamar counties in Central...
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January 15, 2022
NWS Huntsville has upgraded the Winter Storm Watch for DeKalb and Jackson counties to a Winter Storm Warning valid at...
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January 15, 2022
As of 1:20 pm, we have cloudy skies across Central Alabama with a good bit of shower activity located over...
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January 15, 2022
TODAY: A surface low will move in our direction this weekend that will bring rain to Central Alabama through the...
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January 6, 2022
NWS Birmingham has removed Marion and Winston counties from the Winter Weather Advisory. No other counties remain in the advisory...
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January 5, 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Freezing rain expected. Total ice accumulations of...
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January 5, 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations...
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January 2, 2022
NWS Birmingham has extended the Winter Weather Advisory currently in effect for Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson,...
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January 2, 2022
At 11:42 pm, according to the radar, the western half of the precipitation shield is all snow with much of...
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January 2, 2022
Temperatures across much of North/Central Alabama continues to be above the freezing mark which is keeping nearly everything as rainfall...
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January 2, 2022
NWS Huntsville has decided to upgrade portions of their county warning area to a WINTER STORM WARNING starting at 6...
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January 2, 2022
Well, the models have been hinting at snow for a couple of weeks, but since they were waffling back and...
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January 2, 2022
RADAR CHECK: As of 5:53 this morning, the squall line associated with the cold front has made it down into...
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January 2, 2022
NWS Birmingham continues to remove counties from the Tornado Watch as the threat for severe weather continues to move eastward...
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November 19, 2021
NWS Birmingham has issued a FREEZE WARNING for all counties in Central Alabama starting immediately and is set to expire...
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November 14, 2021
TODAY'S WEATHER: We do have a Freeze Warning remaining in effect until 8 am this morning for all of North...
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November 13, 2021
REST OF TODAY: Skies continue to be cloud-free across Central Alabama as we have crossed over into the midday hour,...
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November 13, 2021
NWS Birmingham and NWS Huntsville have upgraded the Freeze Watch to a Freeze Warning for all of their county warning...
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November 13, 2021
THIS WEEKEND: Saturday will be a very cool day across the area, as skies will be sunny and afternoon highs...
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November 6, 2021
NWS Birmingham has expanded the FROST ADVISORY to now include nearly every county in Central Alabama and has extended the...
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November 6, 2021
Temperatures as of the 12 pm Round-Up were in the mid-50s to right at 60 degrees across Central Alabama as...
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March 31, 2021
NWS Birmingham has issued a Freeze Watch starting at 1 am Friday and is set to expire at 9 am...
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March 4, 2021
Eli Jacks, the Chief of the NWS Forecast Services Division, released a statement this morning that there will be a...
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February 17, 2021
What is this winter wonderland in Huntsville? @spann pic.twitter.com/p7utLpSWAY— Colton Robinson (@IAmCajer) February 18, 2021 @spann Expedited Snowman build before...
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February 17, 2021
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation. Additional snow accumulations of up to one...
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February 17, 2021
The low level jet across the area is starting to increase in speed which is allowing for some surface temperatures...
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February 17, 2021
Pretty decent snow showers are falling over the northwestern and portions of the north/central parts of North/Central Alabama where accumulations...
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February 17, 2021
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT... Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of up...
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February 17, 2021
ANOTHER WINTER STORM: A winter storm warning remains in effect for Lamar, Marion, Winston, Franklin, Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, and Limestone...
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February 17, 2021
Areas affected...northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and far southern Kentucky Concerning...Heavy snow SUMMARY... Moderate to locally heavy snow continues to...
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February 17, 2021
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Wet snow expected. Total...
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February 16, 2021
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow...
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February 16, 2021
NWS Birmingham has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for all counties in Central Alabama starting immediatly until 12:00 pm this...
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February 16, 2021
At 5:25 am, there are a few flurries and very light snow showers being reported in parts of the area...
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February 15, 2021
SPS for the following counties in North Alabama: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, and Limestone. ...Icy Roadways Will Persist Overnight Across...
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February 15, 2021
Black ice is now forming on major roadways and highways across North/Central Alabama, to go along with the roadways already...
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February 15, 2021
NWS Huntsville has issued a Wind Chill Advisory valid from 1:00 am Tuesday to 9:00 am Tuesday for the following...
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February 15, 2021
All precipitation has moved out of North/Central Alabama, so now we wait for the very cold air to move into...
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February 15, 2021
With the threat of freezing rain and sleet accumulations almost completely over, NWS Birmingham has allowed the Winter Weather Advisory...
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February 15, 2021
The Spann Twitter Army has sent in some icing pictures from around North/Central Alabama. We have picked a few to...
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February 15, 2021
All roads in the following counties have been deemed impassable until further notice due to icy conditions: Fayette, Lamar, Marion,...
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February 15, 2021
The latest run of the HRRR shows that temperatures will be dropping to the freezing point by 6:00pm tonight in...
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February 15, 2021
CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS POST NWS Birmingham has condensed the ICE STORM WARNING in time for the following counties in Central...
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February 15, 2021
Here are a few reports from trustworthy sources on roadways becoming dangerous to travel and/or becoming impassable. US-82 from the...
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February 15, 2021
As of 12:29 pm, the western parts of North/Central Alabama continue to see a mixture of sleet and freezing rain....
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February 15, 2021
All road in Colbert County should be considered impassable until further notice. Here is the Tweet sent out by the...
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February 15, 2021
As of 10:18 am, the freezing rain and sleet activity has been retreating a little westward this morning as some...
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February 15, 2021
SUMMARY A relatively narrow band of freezing rain will persist for several hours across the discussion area. The onset of...
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February 15, 2021
Rain and freezing rain with some sleet continue across northern and western Alabama this morning. Here is the radar: Conditions...
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February 15, 2021
A 20 car pileup has occurred in Morgan County along US-231. Morgan County Sheriff's Office reports Northbound 231 is a...
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February 15, 2021
A large area of freezing rain and rain is moving through eastern Mississippi and West Central Alabama this morning. The...
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February 15, 2021
An ice storm warning has been issued for the counties in purple on the map, including Pickens, Lamar, Fayette, Marion,...
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February 14, 2021
Freezing rain mixed with sleet continue to fall over the northwestern parts of the area at 9:00 pm, while the...
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February 14, 2021
The first round of sleet and freezing rain is moving through the northwestern parts of North/Central Alabama at this time,...
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February 14, 2021
A large area of mostly sleet and some freezing rain continues to move north northeast across North Central Mississippi this...
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February 14, 2021
A potent winter storm will impact much of North and West Alabama tomorrow and tomorrow night with potential for enough...
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February 14, 2021
Temperatures in Mississippi are below freezing in areas to the northwest of I-59. It is currently 28F at Jackson International...
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February 14, 2021
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan, and Cullman counties in North...
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February 14, 2021
Happy Valentine's Day! A two-pronged winter storm is going to affect Alabama over the next 48 hours. There is high...
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February 13, 2021
As we mentioned earlier, freezing fog is possible across the Tennesee valley overnight. Current temperatures look like this: ...Significant Weather...
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February 13, 2021
Here is an update on the Alabama weather situation just after 8 p.m. All is calm across North and Central...
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February 13, 2021
NWS Birmingham issues a Winter Storm Watch starting at 6:00 am Monday morning and is set to expire at 12:00...
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February 13, 2021
NWS Huntsville has placed much of North Alabama under a Winter Storm Watch that starts at 6:00 pm Sunday night...
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February 13, 2021
As of 11:00 am, much of the shower activity has pushed out of Central Alabama except for a few showers...
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February 13, 2021
NWS Huntsville extends the Winter Weather Advisory to 12:00 pm for Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall,...
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February 13, 2021
NWS Birmingham has allowed the Winter Weather Advisory for Blount, Fayette, and Walker counties to expire, but it has been...
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February 13, 2021
• NWS Huntsville continues a Winter Weather Advisory until 10:00 am for Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison,...
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February 13, 2021
As of 5:45 am this morning, we still have some potential for freezing rain in the northern parts of North/Central...
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February 12, 2021
Radar is showing the potential for freezing rain falling over the northwestern and extreme northern portions of North/Central Alabama as...
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February 12, 2021
NWS Birmingham has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for several counties in the northwestern parts of Central Alabama starting immediately...
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February 12, 2021
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued by both NWS Huntsville and NWS Birmingham for portions of North/Central Alabama going...
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February 12, 2021
Radar check as of 8:30 pm shows very little activity across North/Central Alabama as nearly everyone is dry at this...
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February 12, 2021
WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR FRIDAY Skies are mainly cloudy across Central Alabama, but there are a few breaks...
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February 7, 2021
Saturday was a dreary day across North and Central Alabama. Temperatures were generally in the 40s with cloudy and a...
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February 6, 2021
Light rain is occurring across parts of North and Central Alabama tonight. There are a few reports of sleet across...
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February 6, 2021
TODAY: We'll be caught in-between two frontal systems on Saturday that will keep our weather active throughout the day and...
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January 31, 2021
The NWS Huntsville has issued a significant weather advisory for light snow accumulations over Northeast Alabama's Jackson County starting late...
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January 13, 2021
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter to one half mile in freezing...
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January 13, 2021
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Visibility one-quarter mile or less in freezing fog. *...
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January 13, 2021
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Visibility one-quarter mile or less in freezing fog. *...
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January 13, 2021
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Visibility one-quarter mile or less in freezing fog. *...
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January 13, 2021
...Significant Weather Advisory for Patchy Freezing Fog across north central Alabama, northeast Alabama and southern Middle Tennessee... North Alabama counties...
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January 13, 2021
...Sleet is falling over West Alabama. An upper-level disturbance is causing precipitation over Central Mississippi and West Alabama. In Alabama,...
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January 13, 2021
There have been several accidents reported on the highways this morning across the Birmingham Metropolitan Area along with slick spots....
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January 12, 2021
NWS Huntsville has issued a Special Weather Statement for the following counties in North Alabama: Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson,...
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January 11, 2021
Snow is beginning to taper off across Northwest and North Alabama early this afternoon as temperatures nudge above freezing. There...
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January 11, 2021
Snow continues this morning northwest of a line from Reform in Pickens County, to Fayette in Fayette County, to Carbon...
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January 11, 2021
Radar at 8:00 am shows that not much has changed since the last update. Snow continues west of a line...
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January 11, 2021
Radar at 6:53 am shows snow and a wintry mix falling in the northwestern parts of Central Alabama west of...
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January 11, 2021
Radar at 3:58 am showed rain falling across much of Central Alabama at this point, but those heavier returns may...
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January 11, 2021
Precipitation has reached northwestern Alabama late tonight, with snow across Marion, Winston, northern Lamar, northern Sumter, Pickens, and Fayette counties...
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January 10, 2021
We continue to track a large area of rain, snow, and sleet moving across extreme eastern Texas, much of Louisiana,...
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January 10, 2021
John Talbot reports sleet in Hueytown in western Jefferson County and relays a report of sleet in Oak Grove. MPing...
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January 10, 2021
The NWS in Birmingham maintains a Winter Weather Advisory for 7 counties in West Alabama including Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens,...
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January 10, 2021
One interesting thing to watch, the latest runs of the HRRR have increased snow amounts over West Central Alabama a...
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January 10, 2021
Persistent morning clouds have burned off in most areas across North and Central Alabama but temperatures have been colder than...
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January 10, 2021
Here's a late-night look at Alabama's potential wintry weather situation for late Sunday night into Monday morning. Sunday will be...
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January 9, 2021
Taking a Look Outside at 11:00 am Clouds continue to block out the sunshine as we are making it toward...
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January 9, 2021
The Central Alabama Weekend The cold core upper low that brought us showers and a few snow showers and flurries...
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December 24, 2020
Significant Weather Advisory has been issued for the following counties in North Alabama until 9:00 pm tonight: Limestone, Madison, Morgan,...
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December 20, 2020
The two components of our Sunday weather maker are sort of splitting to our north and south today, leaving much...
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December 19, 2020
THE CENTRAL ALABAMA WEEKEND Clouds have already started to move in with as a cold front approaches from the west....
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December 19, 2020
We'll start off the day today with mainly sunny skies, but clouds with an approaching cold front will move in...
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November 30, 2020
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 444 PM CST Mon Nov 30 2020 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...
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November 30, 2020
Plenty of reports of sleet, snow, and graupel are coming in from across the northern parts of Central Alabama this...
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November 17, 2020
NWS Birmingham has issued a Freeze Warning starting at 12:00 am CST Wednesday for the following counties in Central Alabama:...
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November 16, 2020
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 921 PM CST Mon Nov 16 2020 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT...
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November 2, 2020
A FROST ADVISORY has been issued for every county in North Alabama starting tonight at 9:00 pm and set to...
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November 2, 2020
A FROST ADVISORY has been issued for every county in Central Alabama starting tonight at 9:00 pm and set to...
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October 31, 2020
THE CENTRAL ALABAMA WEEKEND SATURDAY: At the surface, we'll have high pressure located just off to our northeast that will...
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October 17, 2020
FROST ADVISORY: All counties in North Alabama and several counties in the extreme northern parts of Central Alabama are under...
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October 16, 2020
NWS Huntsville continues the FROST ADVISORY that starts at 1:00 am Saturday for Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, and Madison counties...
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October 16, 2020
A FROST ADVISORY has been issued by NWS Huntsville starting at 1:00 am Saturday morning for Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone,...
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April 10, 2020
Both offices of the National Weather Service in Birmingham and Huntsville have issued FROST ADVISORIES for the overnight and into...
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February 20, 2020
CONDITIONS AS WE APPROACH MIDDAY Radar continues to show a good bit of moderate to spots of heavy rainfall across...
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February 20, 2020
...Significant Weather Advisory until 3 PM CST... A light mix of rain, snow and sleet will continue through the early...
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February 20, 2020
A couple of slick spots have been reported in Lauderdale County. Both locations are located in Florence. One slick spot...
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February 20, 2020
As of 9:13 am, we see moderate to heavy rain falling over the northern parts of Central Alabama along with...
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February 20, 2020
Accumulating snowfall possible in portions of northeast Alabama and southern middle Tennessee today. Rainfall coverage and intensity will increase across...
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February 8, 2020
As of 9:50 am, the snow has almost made it all of the ways into northwestern Georgia, but snow showers...
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February 8, 2020
Just a heads up, we are getting reports of some slick spots in Cherokee County on Leesburg Bridge and on...
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February 8, 2020
A fast-moving disturbance is sliding across the area this morning. Precipitation is spreading across the area. Temperatures are in the...
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February 7, 2020
The NWS in Huntsville has issued a winter weather advisory for Marshall, Jackson, and DeKalb COunties in Northeast Alabama for...
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February 7, 2020
A quick-moving storm system will move through the area late tonight and early Saturday morning. Rain may mix with or...
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December 10, 2019
Just like the high-resolution NAM showed earlier this morning with my first update, snow is coming to an end across...
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December 10, 2019
NWS Birmingham has canceled the Winter Weather Advisory for Fayette, Walker, and Winston counties, and continues the advisory until 2:00...
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December 10, 2019
NWS Birmingham has canceled the Winter Weather Advisory for Lamar and Marion counties as the threat for any further snowfall...
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December 10, 2019
As we approach the 10 o'clock hour on this Tuesday night, we continue to have a good bit of rain...
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December 10, 2019
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WHAT...Light snowfall accumulations. Total snowfall accumulations up to...
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December 10, 2019
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * WHAT...Light snowfall accumulations. Total snowfall accumulations around one to...
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December 10, 2019
As of 5:45 PM, much of the activity remains contained along and north of the I-59 corridor at this time...
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December 10, 2019
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST WEDNESDAY * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to one-half...
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December 10, 2019
Light Snowfall Across Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee Ends This Evening, with Minor Accumulations Lingering Through Sunrise Wednesday. From...
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December 10, 2019
From NWS Birmingham Temperatures falling below freezing with residual moisture on local roadways will lead to the possibility of hazardous...
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December 10, 2019
As of 10:25 am, the cold front has traversed across most of Central Alabama and is currently located just north...
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December 10, 2019
Significant Weather Advisory for Light Snowfall Across Northern Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee through 10 AM on Wednesday....
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November 12, 2019
As of 11:45 am, all precipitation has moved out of Central Alabama and has pushed into Georgia and the Carolinas....
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November 12, 2019
The cold front has now pushed east of the I-59 corridor and winds have picked up at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International...
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November 12, 2019
The cold front has made it well into the northern half of North/Central Alabama possibly located along the I-59 corridor...
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November 11, 2019
The cold front continues to slowly move into the northwestern portions of the state as we approach the 9:00 pm...
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November 11, 2019
By looking at the above image, you can tell where the cold front is located as of 6:45 pm. It...
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November 11, 2019
As of 11:45 am, showers are approaching the northwest corner of Central Alabama and the western parts of North Alabama,...
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November 11, 2019
NWS Birmingham has issued FREEZE WARNINGS across Central Alabama as a cold front will be bringing below-freezing temperatures and gusty...
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November 9, 2019
NWS Birmingham has issued a FROST ADVISORY for Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa,...
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November 9, 2019
VERY CHILLY START TO YOUR SATURDAY After starting off with below-freezing temperatures and a Freeze Warning for most of Central...
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November 8, 2019
NWS Birmingham has issued a FREEZE WARNING for Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar,...
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November 7, 2019
After we have a cold front move through the area during the late-night on Monday and into the pre-dawn hours...
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November 7, 2019
NWS Huntsville has issued a FREEZE WATCH starting Friday at 10:00 pm for the following counties in North Alabama: Colbert,...
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November 7, 2019
NWS Birmingham has issued a FREEZE WATCH starting at 10:00 pm Friday for the following counties in Central Alabama: Bibb,...
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November 3, 2019
NWS Huntsville issues a Frost Advisory valid Monday from 12:00 am to 7:00 am for these counties in North Alabama:...
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November 2, 2019
NWS Birmingham has updated the Freeze Watch valid Sunday from 1:00 am to 8:00 am for these counties in Central...
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November 1, 2019
NWS Birmingham has issued a Freeze Warning starting tonight at 11:00 pm and is set to expire at 9:00 am...
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October 31, 2019
NWS Huntsville upgrades the Freeze Watch to a Freeze Warning for the following counties in North Alabama: Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb,...
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October 31, 2019
NWS Birmingham has upgraded the Freeze Watch to a Freeze Warning for the following counties in Central Alabama: Blount, Calhoun,...
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October 30, 2019
NWS Birmingham has issued a Freeze Watch on Friday from 1:00 am to 9:00 am for the following counties in...
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October 30, 2019
NWS Huntsville has issued a Freeze Watch on Friday from 12:00 am to 9:00 am for the following counties in...
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March 5, 2019
NWS Birmingham has extended the Freeze Warning for all counties in Central Alabama until 9:00 am CT Thursday morning. Those...
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March 4, 2019
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY NWS Huntsville has issued a Freeze...
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March 3, 2019
NWS Birmingham has issued a Freeze Warning in effect starting at 12:00 am Monday for Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne,...
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January 29, 2019
Nearly all of the western half of the state is bathed in complete sunshine while clouds still linger around over...
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January 29, 2019
NWS Birmingham has canceled the Winter Weather Advisory for Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Jefferson, Pickens, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, and Walker counties....
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January 29, 2019
We continue to have snow falling on the north and western parts of the precipitation shield that is moving through...
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January 29, 2019
As the expected snowfall totals continue to look to be less, the National Weather Service in Birmingham has canceled the...
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January 29, 2019
Colder air continues to move into the area and beginning to translate down to the surface, allowing for more of...
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January 29, 2019
The colder air is catching up with the backside of the rain as decent snow is being reported across the...
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January 29, 2019
The Winter Storm Warning for Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker, and...
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January 29, 2019
At this point of the wee hours of Tuesday morning, much colder air is starting to move into North and...
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January 29, 2019
North Alabama counties removed from the Winter Storm Warning: Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and...
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January 29, 2019
If you look at surface temperatures and radar returns tonight across areas to the west of Alabama, you might become...
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January 28, 2019
Rain continues to push southeastward tonight along and behind a cold front that is moving into into Northwest Alabama at...
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January 28, 2019
The NWS in Birmingham has just upgraded the winter weather advisory to a winter storm warning for Perry and Marengo...
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January 28, 2019
The initial cold front is located near Memphis this evening, with the arctic front following closely on its heels. Rain...
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January 28, 2019
The NWS in Birmingham has extended the Winter Storm Watch to include Bibb, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Greene, Hale, Randolph, Shelby,...
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January 28, 2019
QUICK HITTING WINTER STORM AHEAD: Hard to believe snow flakes are possible across Alabama tomorrow if you take a walk...
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January 28, 2019
PLEASANT TODAY: No winter weather issues for Alabama today; with a partly sunny sky the high will be close to...
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January 28, 2019
UPDATE ON THE SNOW SITUATION LATE TONIGHT/TOMORROW MORNING... NWS has issued a winter storm warning for areas along and north...
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January 27, 2019
A winter storm watch remains in effect for most of North and Central Alabama for late tomorrow night and Tuesday...
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January 27, 2019
Snow is likely across much of North/Central Alabama Tuesday morning with potential for travel impact. Here is the latest thinking......
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January 26, 2019
An Arctic cold front will pass through Alabama early Tuesday morning, and along with it comes a chance of snow,...
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January 26, 2019
WISE WORDS: This is a great piece from my colleague Rick Smith, who is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) for...
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January 26, 2019
An Arctic cold front will pass through Alabama early Tuesday morning, and along with it comes a chance of snow,...
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January 25, 2019
TUESDAY SNOW UPDATE: Model data remains fairly consistent, suggesting potential for some light snow across Alabama Tuesday. Here is the...
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March 12, 2018
As James stated in the beginning of his video, just where do you begin when remembering an event as historic...
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January 18, 2018
The Hard Freeze Warning that was in effect until 9:00 AM today has expired. There are no watches, advisories, or...
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January 16, 2018
At least three areas of moderate to heavy snow continue across Alabama tonight. ...The first is over South Central Alabama...
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January 16, 2018
RADAR CHECK AT 7:05 PM Snow continues to move eastward across North and Central Alabama, as travel issues are now...
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January 16, 2018
Snowfall is really starting to become enhanced over the eastern portions of Bibb and Perry counties and is about to...
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January 16, 2018
We are so spoiled now with all the wonderful data that we have. I would have killed for it in...
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January 16, 2018
From Mike Melton EMA Director of Colbert County: All road and bridges in Colbert County should be considered IMPASSSABLE until...
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January 16, 2018
A lot of confusion results from the criteria that triggers the various types of winter weather advisories, watches and warnings....
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January 8, 2018
Our current forecast is on track this morning as surface temperatures near freezing over Northeast Alabama have resulted in a...
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January 8, 2018
Much of the North and Central Alabama areas are seeing precipitation at this point on your Monday morning, but so...
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January 7, 2018
The NWS Birmingham has added Clay and Randolph Counties to the Winter Weather Advisory, for the reasons we expunded upon...
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January 7, 2018
An approaching upper-level disturbance and weak surface low will trigger precipitation across Alabama and western Georgia tonight and Monday morning,...
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December 31, 2017
Here is a list of current watches and advisories in effect for North and Central Alabama at this point. This...
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December 30, 2017
All through the past couple of days, there has been good agreement between the Euro and GFS that a freezing...
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December 29, 2017
There is still a little disagreement in the models for Sunday across the southeastern United States, one keeping nearly all...
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December 28, 2017
My wife says that with Monday looking as cold as the models are painting, it will be a great day...
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December 27, 2017
The latest run of the GFS (00z) is showing a much drier solution at this point with the main body...
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December 27, 2017
A cold Arctic airmass has invaded the eastern half of the United States and the chill will hang around for...
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December 9, 2017
Yesterday's snow across Central Alabama was the biggest one for so early in the season. Data is still being compiled,...
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December 9, 2017
This is the first visible image showing the snow band across portions of Mississippi and Alabama. All of the white...
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December 8, 2017
NWS Birmingham has added Barber, Bullock, Pike, and Russell counties to the Winter Weather Advisory and extended the expiration time...
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December 8, 2017
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has extended the Winter Weather Advisory a little further southward to now include Lee,...
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December 8, 2017
Conditions are deteriorating quickly across parts of the area this morning. Roads, especially secondary roads, are becoming snow covered across...
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December 8, 2017
Snow is increasing across the area early this morning. All snow now reported from the observer at the Shelby County...
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December 8, 2017
NWS Birmingham has upgraded the Winter Weather Advisory for some parts of the state to a Winter Storm Warning... Rain...
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December 7, 2017
As we have now entered the 8 o'clock hour here in Central Alabama, we are now starting to get a...
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December 7, 2017
2:20 PM UPDATE: Winter Weather Advisory has been expanded to include Blount, Cherokee, and Etowah counties. The National Weather Service...
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December 7, 2017
Insight from Bill Murray and Scott Martin A crazy, Deep South December snow is setting up for tomorrow as moisture...
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October 8, 2017
The potential impact of the winds has lessened a bit as Nate has continued to weaken this morning. Trees are...
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March 11, 2017
The National Weather Service in Huntsville has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for northeast Alabama, which is in effect from...
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March 11, 2017
The potential is there for a big winter storm from the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast U.S. Monday night and Tuesday....
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March 11, 2017
Cold air just to the north of us here in Central Alabama will make for a wintry mis tonight all...
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January 8, 2017
Ever wonder where the air in your location actually came from? Well, using the NOAA's (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)...
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January 8, 2017
Saturday was still a mess across the Birmingham metro area as well as almost all of I-20 east of the...
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January 7, 2017
If you have been following the weather, you know it has been and is going to be cold. When temperatures...
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January 7, 2017
Alabama State Troopers say all lanes of I-20 are now closed near I-459. No timeframe for reopening. Even though some...
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January 7, 2017
The NWS in Birmingham has issued a Hard Freeze Warning for all of Central Alabama. The NWS Mobile has a...
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January 7, 2017
LATE NOTE 1131 Highway 280 East is completely blocked at Lakeshore Parkway. 65 SB is completely blocked at Alford Avenue....
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January 7, 2017
Roads are a mess across much of Central Alabama this morning. Please stay off the roads until at least noon....
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January 7, 2017
Hub Harvey from Shelby County EMA is begging people to stay off 280 between Chelsea and the Cahaba River. There...
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January 7, 2017
LIVE BLOG UPDATES 809 AM... Several jackknifed tractor trailer trucks on I-459 at Liberty Park. Wreckers dispatched. ... I-20 is...
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January 7, 2017
The precipitation is over tonight, but the roads are in terrible shape across much of the area. Most oft he...
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January 6, 2017
The warm nose that was evident all day on the upper air sounding from the NWS at the Shelby County...
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January 6, 2017
A winter storm warning and winter weather advisory continues tonight for all of the counties across Central Alabama. In fact,...
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January 6, 2017
Our precipitation shield has changed to all dry snow and sleet tonight. The radar shows reflectivity on the left and...
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January 6, 2017
The warm air in the atmosphere at 5,000 feet above the surface has started eroding away quickly, and snow is...
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January 6, 2017
Do not drive in the areas being impacted by the winter storm tonight. There are multiple crashes in Birmingham and...
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January 6, 2017
Heavy sleet is now making its way into Jefferson County and into the Birmingham Metropolitan Area. Travel conditions could start...
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January 6, 2017
The Pickens and Randolph County Emergency Management Agencies and Law Enforcement Officials across the counties are requesting that residents remain...
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January 6, 2017
More moisture is moving into Central Alabama from southern Mississippi, and this is where our big show will be coming...
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January 6, 2017
We are watching an upstream area of precipitation that is increasing over Louisiana and Mississippi that presents a significant winter...
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January 6, 2017
Here is additional information from the Storm Prediction Center regarding the threat of sleet and freezing rain across Central Alabama....
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January 6, 2017
Our high-resolution HRRR model depicts a nice band of snow setting up in the I-20 Corridor tonight. Here is an...
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January 6, 2017
Just within the last hour, sleet and freezing rain has started falling in many locations in the western 2/3rds of...
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January 6, 2017
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has extended the Winter Storm Warning into Greene, Marengo, and Sumter counties. All of...
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January 6, 2017
It is currently a mostly cloudy day out there across Central Alabama at this time, but we do notice that...
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January 5, 2017
Just a quick note to say that the evening run of the GFS is in for this system and it...
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January 5, 2017
The forecast die has been cast and now we are in wait and watch mode across Alabama tonight as the...
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January 5, 2017
As of 3:30 PM, here is a list of school closings and delays for Friday... SCHOOL Alabaster City Schools :...
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January 5, 2017
The National Weather Service has just issued the upgrades to the Winter Storm Watch. Here are the details: ...Winter Storm...
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January 5, 2017
The National Service in Huntsville has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 12:00 PM CST on Friday until 12:00AM CST...
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January 5, 2017
As of 1:45 PM, here is a list of school closings and delays for Friday... Jefferson County Schools - CLOSED...
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January 5, 2017
Just finished conference call with the National Weather Service and media partners. It is nice to have this kind of...
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January 5, 2017
How's The Weather Outside At This Hour At the midday hour across Central Alabama, clouds are already starting to build...
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January 4, 2017
As I watched a little television with my family tonight, I noticed something about what the local stations were informing...
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January 1, 2017
I have a feeling the European has a good handle on the situation for the end of the week. It...
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December 18, 2016
It is a miserable day across most of Central Alabama behind a strong cold front. Temperatures are in the 30s...
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December 18, 2016
Temperatures are near or below freezing now northwest of a line from southern Lamar County through Marion, Fayette and Winston...
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March 20, 2016
Frost advisories have been issued for tonight for all of Central Alabama with a freeze warning for Marion and Winston...
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February 14, 2016
Funny how we have gone from talking about the threat of a wintry mix early Monday to the threat of...
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February 9, 2016
The NWS in Birmingham has issued a winter weather advisory for Cherokee County. It will remain in effect until 9...
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February 9, 2016
LATE REPORT at 9:12: US-231 closed at Brindley Mountain in northeastern Morgan County. Traffic is a nightmare in that area....
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January 25, 2016
Just perusing a variety of weather resources this morning, and I happened upon another view of the snowfall from the...
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January 22, 2016
Things are going downhill quickly over Northeast Alabama tonight. Roads throughout Etowah County are reported to be icy according to...
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January 22, 2016
Widespread very light snow continues across much of Central Alabama tonight, generally east of I-59 and across North Alabama east...
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January 22, 2016
We are watching the rain transition to snow across North-Central Alabama this afternoon as the much colder air spills into...
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January 22, 2016
LATE NOTE: All Jefferson County Schools will close at 1 p.m. today. RADAR UPDATE Precipitation echoes are starting to pick...
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January 22, 2016
Here is a mid-morning update. The forecast remains unchanged: At this hour, light to moderate rain is pushing northeastward across...
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January 21, 2016
A very powerful storm system is starting to come together this afternoon over the Gulf Coast Region. It will go...
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October 29, 2015
Are you a snow lover? Looking for that first snow? Well, the NOAA Climate Center has created the perfect graphic...
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October 15, 2015
Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) issued the U.S. Winter Outlook covering the period from December, 2015, through February,...
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March 15, 2015
It is official! Just under three inches of snow fell late this afternoon and evening at Boston's Logan Airport, surpassing...
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March 5, 2015
Numerous wrecks are being reported on I-459 by State Troopers on southbound I=459 at MM 27 via John Talbot on...
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March 5, 2015
The freezing line continues to sink towards the southeast across Central Alabama this afternoon. Where temps have fallen to freezing,...
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March 5, 2015
The NWS Birmingham continues the Winter Storm Warning for Jefferson, Blount, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties until 3 p.m. They...
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March 5, 2015
A band of moderate to heavy sleet is affecting many communities in a southwest to Northeast line from Sumter and...
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March 5, 2015
The temperature has reached 32F at the Birmingham International Airport and the Tuscaloosa Airport as well. Sleet is being reported...
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March 5, 2015
Reports of sleet are becoming more common across Walker and northern Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties at this hour. In the...
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March 5, 2015
We continue to monitor observations across the area as we are flirting with freezing in many locations of Central Alabama....
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March 5, 2015
Another surge of colder air seems to be pushing into West Alabama at this hour. Temperatures have dropped to near...
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March 5, 2015
It is down to 34F now at the Birmingham Airport. Readings are close to freezing now in some of the...
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March 5, 2015
Another day with quite the mess across the area. A quick look at the radar shows a mix of wintery...
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March 5, 2015
The NWS is upgrading Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Pickens Counties from a Freezing Rain Advisory to a Winter Storm Warning. Numerous...
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March 5, 2015
Freezing rain is beginning to glaze objects in Blount County around Hayden. Thundersleet being reported in Fayette in Fayette County...
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March 5, 2015
The only change this morning is that the NWS Mobile has added a freezing rain advisory for Choctaw County. Click...
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March 4, 2015
Look at the temperature contrast in the drive up Corridor X from Birmingham to Memphis. A swing of 46 degrees...
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March 4, 2015
The NWS in Hunstville has issued a Winter Storm Warning for its Tennessee Valley counties starting at 3 a.m. Thursday...
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February 26, 2015
The NWS in Birmingham prepared the Public Information Statement that I have posted below which details the reports of the...
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February 26, 2015
I sat down this morning to pen a short note to my wife and daughter about the snow storm yesterday...
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February 25, 2015
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS...
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February 25, 2015
Well after a bit of a delay, we have finally seen the rain transition to all snow in Jefferson County....
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February 25, 2015
Reports are starting to flow in on social media of snowflakes in Homewood, Hoover and Vestavia. Here is the radar...
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February 25, 2015
The NWS reports that there is 10" of snow in Guin in Marion County. That is the first double digit...
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February 25, 2015
A historic snow storm continues to impact North Alabama late this afternoon with impacts being felt as far south as...
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February 25, 2015
Yes. The rain/snow line is inching south and eastward late this afternoon. It is now snowing across the northern two...
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February 25, 2015
@bellahuyn10 in Gardendale sent this photo of a disappointed snowfan. But take heart, cooling aloft will change precipitation to snow...
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February 25, 2015
The NWS in Birmingham just tweeted an image of Google Maps showing slow traffic in areas where the snow has...
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February 25, 2015
The blue icons show snow depth storm reports from the National Weather Service. COUNTY BY COUNTY ST CLAIR Numerous wrecks...
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February 25, 2015
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM...
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February 25, 2015
Numerous automobile accidents are being reported across Walker County according to John Talbot. A little earlier Jasper Police called in...
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February 25, 2015
The precipitation is changing to to snow over Northwest Alabama, a little ahead of schedule this afternoon. It is now...
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February 25, 2015
AREAS AFFECTED...SW AR...NRN MS...NW/N-CNTRL AL CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW SUMMARY...AREA OF RAIN EXTENDING FROM SW AR EWD INTO N-CNTRL AL IS EXPECTED...
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February 25, 2015
First some good news, the winter storm warning has been dropped for the southern line of counties. However, it has...
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February 25, 2015
A very busy day of weather is underway across the state. A large precipitation shield is spreading east into the...
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February 25, 2015
Looking at the radar to the west, there is a lot of precipitation across the Mississippi Valley, and it is...
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February 24, 2015
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February 24, 2015
Okay, I just had to do it. So the forecast is calling for a snow event in Central Alabama. So,...
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February 24, 2015
There is a tremendous amount of energy being expended today as weather forecasters all across the Southeast US are working...
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February 24, 2015
Here is a map of the current warnings, watches, and advisories currently in effect just before 2 pm. There will...
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February 24, 2015
Well, it didn't take long for a change to come along. Here is the map of Central Alabama which has...
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February 24, 2015
The National Weather Service in Huntsville, AL, has upgraded their winter storm watch to a warning. Here's the latest map...
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February 23, 2015
Mixed precipitation is spreading across North and North Central Alabama tonight ahead of an approaching upper level disturbance even as...
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February 22, 2015
Clouds are thick across Central Alabama this afternoon. You can see the precipitation over Arkansas and northern Texas ahead of the...
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February 22, 2015
In an earlier post, I noted that the big problem with winter weather in the Southeast US is the uncertainty...
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February 22, 2015
We continue to carefully monitor the latest indications from models and synoptic data about the potential threat of wintry precipitations...
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February 22, 2015
A complex weather scenario is setting up for Central Alabama for tonight and the first part of Monday. The map...
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February 20, 2015
Temperatures are above freezing late tonight along and south of a line from Fayette to Birmingport to the Birmingham Airport...
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February 20, 2015
Light to moderate freezing rain is moving across parts of Marion, Fayette and Walker Counties at this hour. Temperatures are...
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February 20, 2015
Not telling you anything you didn't know if you have been reading the blog, but Emergency Managers across the area...
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February 20, 2015
The NWS has extended the Winter Weather Advisory until 9 p.m. for Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Walker and Winston Counties....
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February 20, 2015
The band of freezing rain and sleet moving across the northern half of Jefferson County is resulting in hazardous road...
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February 20, 2015
It is colder than the models and forecasts expected early this afternoon across Central Alabama and that has led to...
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February 19, 2015
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February 18, 2015
Snow showers across North Alabama are leaving light accumulations and slippery roads in spots. Looking at the Hytop radar won't...
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February 16, 2015
Many school systems are delaying their start times for Tuesday morning, which is a very good idea given the rapid...
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February 16, 2015
Here is an animation of what the GFS run from this morning is saying about Friday's potential winter storm. The...
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February 16, 2015
Everything is unfolding sort of as planned in our morning forecast with widespread light to occasionally moderate rain spreading across...
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February 16, 2015
The rain continues to overspread the state this morning and for the next several hours we will see a cold...
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February 16, 2015
Things are calm across Alabama at this late hour as we continue to watch developments to the west of us....
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February 15, 2015
Here is an update on the Alabama Weather Situation tonight. No change in our forecast thinking tonight. All indications are...
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February 15, 2015
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has canceled the winter storm watch for Central Alabama. The NWS Huntsville has upgraded...
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February 14, 2015
As a minor point of order, the NWS Birmingham has extended the Winter Storm Watch to include Pickens County. Counties...
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February 14, 2015
Many folks will be traveling on the Presidents' day holiday Monday. Let's go area by area in the affected region...
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February 2, 2015
Parts of the US are being pummeled by their second blizzard in as many weeks. And parts of the country...
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January 28, 2015
For all of us snowfall enthusiasts, here is a rather long but interesting Public Information Statement from the Boston NWS...
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November 11, 2014
-Credit Mark Bradley AJC https://markbradley.blog.ajc.com/2014/01/29/snowjam-2014-atlanta-at-its-absolute-worst/ Sorry for the late notice, but finding a venue for our last full chapter meeting...
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May 11, 2014
From John DeBlock at the National Weather Service in Birmingham: Prior to our IWT meeting on June 25th, Dr. Laura...
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March 26, 2014
With the very cold weather across Alabama this morning, it reminds us the Winter of 2014 is not finished yet....
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March 25, 2014
There is an upper-level feature working across the Tennessee Valley today and it is producing enough uplift and instability to...
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March 4, 2014
As of this morning, 53.9% of the U.S. had the white stuff on the ground. A year ago on this...
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March 3, 2014
...FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE...
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March 3, 2014
The showers continue to race off to the east this morning. The are confined to areas along the cold front...
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March 3, 2014
The front has made into the Birmingham metro. We are seeing the temperature drop quickly and we had a peak...
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March 3, 2014
A majority of the rain currently is along and north of the Interstate 59 corridor. Rain is falling in Tuscaloosa,...
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March 3, 2014
The main areas of showers with a few embeded thunderstorms are now making their way into western portions of the...
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March 2, 2014
The evening run of the NAM model doesn't make the thinking change at all. Here are a couple of graphics...
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March 2, 2014
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY The NWS in...
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March 2, 2014
As we are traveling south from Nashville to Birmingham this afternoon, the vehicle’s thermometer has been clicking upward almost as...
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March 2, 2014
...FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS...
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March 2, 2014
We are dealing with a very sharp cold front not very far to our north. Look at these temperature contrasts...
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March 2, 2014
New York City’s Central Park has only experienced four winter seasons with 60 or more inches of snow. It was...
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March 2, 2014
Though we continue our spring-like weekend of weather across Alabama, that is not the case just off to our north...
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March 1, 2014
March came in like a lion across the South on this date in 2009 as a strong upper low spread...
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February 28, 2014
After a pretty nice Friday afternoon across Central Alabama, which saw highs top out near 60F, showers have been moving...
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February 26, 2014
Temperatures continue to drop across north-central Alabama this morning. Most locations along the Interstate 20 corridor have now dropped into...
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February 26, 2014
A cold and soaking rain continues to fall across much of Alabama this morning. Still seeing reports of most areas...
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February 26, 2014
Showers and few thunderstorms continue to move into Alabama tonight. Most locations will see a soaking rain the next few...
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February 25, 2014
Colder air continues to flow into Alabama and Mississippi late tonight. Meanwhile, low pressure moving along the Gulf Coast is...
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February 25, 2014
Thundersleet in Collierville near Memphis. I think we have seen it all this winter. Operation Wintry Precip Watch is on...
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February 25, 2014
I don't know if you noticed, but on Friday, February 7th, Network Solutions, Inc upgraded AlabamaWX to a much more...
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February 18, 2014
As many folks know, my daughter lives in Chicago. Yesterday afternoon she sent me a short video she took on...
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February 13, 2014
Roads are slushy and dangerous across the areas which received heavy snow last night. Don't drive unless you absolutely have...
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February 12, 2014
Bill Murray and I spent the last few hours tracking down overall snow totals. We have included most everyone we...
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February 12, 2014
We still continue to monitor snow showers across Central Alabama tonight. Depending on your location these showers are moving in...
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February 12, 2014
Here are some representative snow depths (and a couple of cool pictures) from tonight's show across Central Alabama taken from...
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February 12, 2014
It sure did get pretty exciting across Central Alabama this afternoon and evening. Once the rain started transitioning to snow,...
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February 12, 2014
Quite the snow burst affecting Greater Birmingham. Reports across the city and metro area of rapid snow fall accumulations. Snow...
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February 12, 2014
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN MARION...WINSTON... BLOUNT...ETOWAH...LAMAR...FAYETTE...WALKER...JEFFERSON...AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES....
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February 12, 2014
Heaviest snow band is moving into western Jefferson County now. Very large and heavy snow is falling just to the...
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February 12, 2014
Excellent nowcast from the NWS Birmingham just a couple of minutes ago: PICKENS...LAMAR...MARION...THE HEAVIEST WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY END BETWEEN...
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February 12, 2014
The Winter Storm is well underway across Alabama this evening. The transition to snow is now approaching Interstate 20 in...
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February 12, 2014
Based on Ping data, social media and skycams ... the snow line is south of Columbus , MS and to...
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February 12, 2014
Based on Ping data and social media the snow line at 4:55 runs from north of Gordo to just north...
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February 12, 2014
To show you the dynamic nature of this powerful winter storm, there is now a severe thunderstorm watch, two severe...
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February 12, 2014
Based on Ping reports from the last 20 minutes the snow line at 4:30 appears to be from Columbus ,...
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February 12, 2014
Reports are coming in so fast that they are hard to keep up with, but needless to say conditions and...
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February 12, 2014
Looks like the snow line based on Ping data is now near and north of a line from Sulligent to...
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February 12, 2014
A quick look at our Hamilton skycam shows the snow is coming down rapidly. The transition is on from liquid...
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February 12, 2014
Rain is rapidly transitioning to frozen precip and snow across Central Alabama. We are seeing a majority of the snow...
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February 12, 2014
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN CLEBURNE COUNTY. THE CLEBURNE COUNTY...
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February 12, 2014
The rain is turning over to sleet and snow across the area. Via social media, it starts raining, then becomes...
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February 12, 2014
Ping is an app used by the National Weather Service to monitor precip type .... you can help by downloading...
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February 12, 2014
FROM NWS HUNTSVILLE ...12:04 p.m. Snow/rain mix in Athens. ...12:12 p.m. Snow covering the ground in Cloverdale in Lauderdale Co.,...
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February 12, 2014
It's a dreary cold day across Central Alabama. Temperatures in the I-20 corridor range from 41F at Tuscaloosa to 37F...
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February 12, 2014
Quite the hodgepodge of weather across the state today. For most locations in Central Alabama, we continue to see light...
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February 12, 2014
The NWS has dramatically upper their icing forecasts for the eastern Alabama counties of Cleburne and Randolph. They have issued...
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February 12, 2014
Freezing rain beginning to accumulate across Cleburne County. Reports of trees weighted down with ice and decks iced over at...
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February 12, 2014
The NWS has added Lee County to the Winter Weather Advisory. Temperatures at the Auburn observing site have continued to...
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February 12, 2014
Heavy rain is falling along I-20 heading towards Atlanta. Some reports of of sleet and freezing rain being reported towards...
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February 12, 2014
Good news just across the state line, the NWS in Jackson has cancelled the Winter Weather Advisory for the counties...
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February 12, 2014
We continue to see a mostly rain event across Central Alabama this morning, but we are getting some reports across...
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February 11, 2014
Help us tonight and tomorrow by submitting your precipitation type reports using the mPing app (it is free!!) by NOAA National...
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February 11, 2014
Hopefully I have a little good news for us, at least for in the morning across Central Alabama. Temperatures are...
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February 11, 2014
Conditions are going downhill tonight to the west of Alabama. Here are some late developments: NWS JACKSON ...Heavier precipitation is...
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February 11, 2014
As we wait on round two of our wintry precip to arrive later this evening, it is interesting to see...
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February 11, 2014
The winter storm that is affecting much of the country is getting some rarely used descriptions, such as historic and...
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February 11, 2014
Here is the latest graphic on the new Winter Weather Alerts for another round of the wintry precip to impact...
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February 11, 2014
Hockey games feature three periods. This event in Alabama weather is like a hockey game. The first period played out...
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February 11, 2014
Temperatures have edged back up above freezing for most of the Birmingham Metro area. At 9 a.m. it was 33F...
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February 11, 2014
Temperatures continue to hover in the lower and middle 30s in the I-20 corridor, with 32F at Birmingham, 33F at...
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February 11, 2014
The forecast is right on track this morning with significant accumulating snows in North Alabama generally along US-278. Freezing rain...
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February 11, 2014
Now that temps have dropped to freezing in the Birmingham metro, there are a lot of reports of icing on...
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February 11, 2014
Latest hourly observation from the Birmingham Airport now has the temperatures at 32 degrees with rain falling. Similar temps being...
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February 11, 2014
We are seeing those temps approach the freezing mark along Interstate 20. Temps of 32-33 are being reported and the...
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February 11, 2014
The last few hours have been getting interesting across the area. The temperature have been slowly dropping in Central Alabama...
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February 11, 2014
Regarding the threat for wintry precip across the Southeast this morning. Dry air continues to advect in from the north....
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February 11, 2014
We are beginning to see a lot of issues developing as the snow, sleet, and freezing rain are increasing across...
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February 11, 2014
We are at the onset of a winter weather mess across the area. A variety of precip is falling across...
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February 10, 2014
We have been receiving lots of reports tonight of sleet and some snow in North Alabama generally in the US-278...
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February 10, 2014
We are still a few hours out from the onset of quite the winter weather event across Central Alabama and...
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February 10, 2014
As expected, the National Weather Service has upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning for tonight. All counties there were under...
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February 10, 2014
The National Weather Service is currently deciding whether or not to upgrade the Winter Weather Advisory for Central Alabama to...
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February 10, 2014
Much of Central Alabama remains dry, just socked in with clouds and cool temperatures. We are now in the waiting...
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February 10, 2014
As we wait for this winter weather system to develop and begin to impact the area, we are still pouring...
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February 9, 2014
The 0z run of the GFS is in and it still shows strong indications of a decent icing event in...
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February 9, 2014
We continue to refine our forecasts in preparation for a significant winter storm that will affect parts of Alabama beginning...
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February 9, 2014
THE SETUP: Another area of high pressure is moving out of Canada today and bringing with it more cold air....
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February 9, 2014
A quick couple of notes on the new GFS data: ...Shows the 32F surface temperature lined up ominously along the...
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February 9, 2014
The morning run of the North American Mesoscale model is in and here are some notes: ...shows best snow accumulations...
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February 8, 2014
I have just updated the Alagasco Seven Day Forecast and thought I would share the winter storm discussion portion with...
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February 8, 2014
Have weather forecasters in the Southeast US gone nuts? Just look at the National Weather Service (NWS) watch/warning/advisory map below,...
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February 8, 2014
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Winter Storm Watch for some of our northern counties for Monday...
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February 8, 2014
The area of precipitation did in fact weaken as it moved into Alabama and into drier air overnight, and we...
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February 8, 2014
A wintry mix continues moving northeastward tonight across eastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama. Snow was accumulating on raised surface in...
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February 8, 2014
The NWS Birmingham has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective until noon today for counties over West Central and Northwest...
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February 8, 2014
Light snow moved into Northwest Alabama's Marion County just after 11 p.m. Sleet was reported at Columbus MS in the...
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February 7, 2014
...2 inches across much of Miller County AR (Texarkana) at 8:36 p.m. ...3 inches around Benton AR as of 8:40...
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February 7, 2014
A shield of light precipitation is moving eastward tonight across eastern Oklahoma, eastern Texas, much of Arkansas, as well as...
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February 6, 2014
The last of the snow is moving out of the state this evening. It was an exciting day across Central...
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February 6, 2014
Update: The Winter Weather Advisory for Sumter and Marengo counties has been cancelled as of 5:05 PM. We continue to...
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February 6, 2014
Snow continues to push east through Alabama this afternoon. Numerous reports of flurries up and down the U.S. 43 corridor...
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February 6, 2014
The expected wintry precip for today is pushing into our western counties. Snow is now reaching the ground in Livingston,...
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February 6, 2014
...A MIXTURE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... .A BAND OF RAIN...MIXED...
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February 6, 2014
We continue to watch radar trends to our west. A quick hitting winter weather system is moving across the Southeast...
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January 30, 2014
With clear skies across almost all of Alabama, you can make out the snowfall still in place across Alabama, Mississippi,...
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January 29, 2014
Roads have improved in many areas this afternoon with a good bit of drying, but secondary roads are still a...
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January 29, 2014
It remains a terribly cold morning across much of Alabama as most locations remain in the upper teens and lower...
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January 29, 2014
The mess on the roadways will not be any better in the morning. Extreme cold has made all roads like...
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January 28, 2014
A crazy day has turned into a hectic night across Central Alabama. Numerous motorists continue to be stranded on local...
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January 28, 2014
With snow on the ground and a clearing sky, expect the very cold temperatures, currently in the teens, to only...
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January 28, 2014
The word tonight is patience. Prepared to delay traveling in the morning until 10 or 11 a.m. and check roads...
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January 28, 2014
With snow on the ground, and a very cold Arctic air mass in place, it is going to be a...
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January 28, 2014
The snow is winding down across the Central Alabama. The snow shield is slowly shifting to the east-southeast and will...
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January 28, 2014
The weather continues to be a serious problem for many locations across Central Alabama. A lot to talk about so...
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January 28, 2014
A very bad situation is in progress across the Birmingham Metro area and much of Central Alabama, reminiscent of the...
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January 28, 2014
Some late reports: All Bessemer City roads slick. Birmingham Fire Department initiating contingency plans. Several of their pieces of equipment...
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January 28, 2014
The NWS has extended the area covered by the Winter Storm Warning to include: Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa,...
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January 28, 2014
Numerous reports across the state and Central Alabama of weather related accidents. Snow is covering roadways throughout the area today....
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January 28, 2014
Our forecast continues to hold for today. Much of North-Central Alabama continues to see snow showers. Temperatures remain well below...
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January 28, 2014
Light snow continues to fall across much of North-Central Alabama this morning. With it being so cold, what snow is...
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January 28, 2014
As expected today, travel across the south half of Alabama would be impacted from the winter weather event. Reports via...
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January 28, 2014
The radar is certainly beginning to fill in across Alabama this morning. The air over Alabama remains very dry, some...
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January 27, 2014
An interesting weather scenario continues to develop across Alabama and the Southeast. The first ingredient needed for some winter weather...
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January 26, 2014
Winter storm watches blanket the area from southeast Texas across southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and Alabama, central Georgia, South Carolina...
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January 26, 2014
On the morning of January 26, 1940, Alabama and the Deep South were in the deep freeze and had been...
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January 26, 2014
A very nice January day is in progress across Central Alabama. Temperatures in the 50s feel like an absolute heat...
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January 23, 2014
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Hard Freeze Warning for every county in the CWA for tonight...
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January 15, 2014
The cold front is approaching the Interstate 20 corridor. The moisture remains very limited with this feature, but we are...
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January 14, 2014
Our strong cold front is approaching the northwestern corner of the state tonight. Showers have entered Lauderdale and Colbert Counties...
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January 12, 2014
A powerful cold front moved through on Saturday, January 9, 1982, sending temperatures plummeting. The high on Saturday was 49F,...
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January 6, 2014
The very cold Arctic air continues to settle into Alabama this morning. Most locations are well below freeing this morning...
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January 6, 2014
As expected the Arctic front has made it through Alabama and has brought quite the change in weather. Temperatures continue...
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January 5, 2014
The Winter Weather Advisory has been cancelled since the precipitation is ending before temperatures get to critical levels and roads...
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January 5, 2014
Light snow sticking to grassy areas in Winston Co according to Michael G as of 8:30. This snow will probably...
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January 5, 2014
Our front has passed Jasper and Tuscaloosa as of 6:45. Ryan Stinnett reports that he just had FROPA at 7:02...
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January 5, 2014
The front we have been waiting on is now moving into the state. Temperatures are falling on this side of...
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January 5, 2014
It's not hard to find our cold front this afternoon. It has crossed over the Mississippi River in western Mississippi....
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January 5, 2014
Wow. The blog has taken it's biggest pounding in terms of viewership since the April 27th outbreak today. It should...
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January 5, 2014
Quick update on the Arctic front. The best way to see the current location of the front is to look...
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January 5, 2014
Not much change in thinking tonight based on the evening model runs. I have posted the new 7 day package...
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December 25, 2013
Ron Hughes made it snow this morning at his ranch in Coker, Alabama. The kids loved it! It was certainly...
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December 7, 2013
Local Storm Report by NWS Memphis: Tupelo [Lee Co, MS] emergency mngr reports FREEZING RAIN of E0.00 INCH at 09:41...
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December 7, 2013
Monitoring reports from western Tennessee and northern Mississippi tonight. Here is a rundown: ...7:30 p.m. Bridges icing at I-55/U.S. 78...
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November 26, 2013
Temperatures continue to slowly fall across the area tonight. Temperatures in the I-20 corridor are in the upper 30s. Along...
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November 26, 2013
A rain and snow mix has been falling in the Jackson area since 8 p.m. or so. About 8 p.m.,...
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November 26, 2013
Here is an update on the Alabama weather situation as of 8:15 p.m. The threat of ice on bridges in...
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March 21, 2013
Not much change in the thinking of the winter weather threat tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter...
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March 2, 2013
Across Central Alabama snowflakes and some light snow showers continue late this afternoon and evening. Snow should continue into the...
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March 2, 2013
The latest scan of the radar shows more widespread and heavier snow showers now making their way into the Tennessee...
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March 2, 2013
Snow reports coming in from all over the state, nothing major and no travel impacts. Mostly reports of flurries and...
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March 2, 2013
The NWS has cancelled the Winter Weather Advisory for Central Alabama. A few light snow showers continue are this hour,...
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March 2, 2013
Lots of reports of snow flurries and some light snow across the area this morning. Radar shows very faint echoes...
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March 2, 2013
Through out most of the night, most areas have seen snow flakes flying in the cold air. As we check...
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March 1, 2013
Lots of reports of snow and mixed precipitation coming in from across North and Central Alabama. You can see from...
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March 1, 2013
March came in like a lion across the South on this date in 2009 as a strong upper low spread...
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February 14, 2013
February 14, 1958 was a Friday night. Snow lovers got a special gift as the heaviest snowfall since 1948 blanketed...
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February 9, 2013
Additional accumulation this morning at Boston's Logan Airport put the current blizzard solidly into fifth place in terms of all...
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February 9, 2013
The 21.8 inches of snow through 7 a.m. at Boston's Logan Airport is not an all time record there, but...
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February 8, 2013
A view from Boston's Back Bay tonight thanks to Twitter user @knomad. Some notes from the Northeast: NEW YORK CITY/LONG...
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February 2, 2013
Here is a picture of some precipitation falling from clouds over Trussville a short while ago. Some of that is...
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January 25, 2013
The National Weather Service offices in Birmingham and Huntsville have now canceled the Freezing Rain Advisory for all but Cherokee...
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January 17, 2013
UPDATE 10:25 Reports from WHNT in Hunstville indicate that traffic is finally flowing again. That is great news. ORIGINAL POST...
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January 17, 2013
It has certainly been an interesting weather day across North and Central Alabama as a powerful upper level low pressure...
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January 17, 2013
Our band of heavy snow is pushing into eastern Alabama after dumping some heavy snowfall amounts from the Hunsville area...
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January 17, 2013
Two reports from the NWS Birmingham from the Metro: ...Adamsville [Jefferson Co, AL] law enforcement reports HEAVY RAIN of U0.00...
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January 17, 2013
Amateur radio operator Grady Evans relayed a reported from the Walker Alert Relay Network that Highway 5 in northern Walker...
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January 17, 2013
We just talked about thunder with the snow in southern Tennessee, and now it is happening in Central Alabama. Three...
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January 17, 2013
These strong upper lows can produce convective activity. Two lightning flashes were seen on detection systems before noon over southern...
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January 17, 2013
Much of West Alabama is picking up moderate to heavy snow at this hour. The snow is heaviest over Winston,...
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January 17, 2013
The heaviest snow in Alabama is now over parts of Winston, eastern Marion, Walker, northern Tuscaloosa and Fayette Counties. Sanding...
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January 17, 2013
Snow is really increasing over northwestern Alabama at this hour. It is coming down hard over parts of Winston, Walker,...
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January 17, 2013
Snowfall will be increasing from west to east across Alabama this morning and into the afternoon. Already getting reports of...
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January 17, 2013
The snow over eastern Mississippi is building into western Alabama and intensifying as it expands. There are four bands of...
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January 17, 2013
For now it is quiet in Alabama. Some sleet and rain is being reported over West Alabama. Ron Hughes reports...
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January 17, 2013
Bands of heavy snow continue to move east through Mississippi and now approaching the state line. Getting reports of snow...
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January 16, 2013
The winter storm watches have been reconfigured in the last hour by the National Weather Service. Here is the latest...
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January 16, 2013
We continue to pore over information coming into the Weather Office tonight concerning tomorrow's well advertised snow event. The models...
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January 16, 2013
Scroll down for James' afternoon discussion about the snow potential. Here is the text of the Winter Storm Watch just...
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January 16, 2013
The NWS Huntsville has issued a winter storm watch beginning late tonight (at 3 a.m. Thursday morning) for counties in...
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April 23, 2012
An intense low pressure area was centered near New York City late this morning. That is the troublemaker for a...
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April 21, 2012
Showers and storms have really blossomed in the past couple of hours on the northern periphery of the rapidly intensifying...
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April 8, 2012
Friend of the blog Kerry Colburn, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Alaska wrote in Saturday to report that Anchorage...
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March 19, 2012
We have to look no further than Northern Arizona: Some early Monday morning depths: 24 inches Flagstaff University Heights 18...
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February 13, 2012
The leading edge of what will be a precipitation event that lasts several hours tonight has now pushed as far...
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February 13, 2012
...FOR JAMES' FULL FORECAST SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE... Radar shows the beginnings of a large mass of precipitation moving into...
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February 12, 2012
Temperatures have been struggling upwards all day across Central Alabam, trying hard to get out of the 30s. It looks...
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February 11, 2012
A miserably cold afternoon is in progress across Central Alabama. Temperatures are holding basically steady in the 30s. A cold...
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February 11, 2012
Seems like the door is open for some minor winter weather mischief over North Alabama Monday night as the next...
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January 31, 2012
* It is 60 below zero this hour at Bettles, Alaska. * Yesterday it was 62 below zero at Fort...
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January 12, 2012
Light snow showers continue over north Alabama this evening, mainly north of TCL-BHM-ANB. However, a few reports of snow in...
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January 3, 2012
With a strong upper-level trough digging in, and the cold air advection (NW winds) that was holding any snow back...
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December 7, 2011
Light snow, with rain on the southern periphery of the precipitation shield, continues to move into West Alabama. This will...
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December 7, 2011
Nice snow scene in North Mississippi between Memphis and Oxford. No travel issues there... roads only wet. But, a very...
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December 7, 2011
Snow is moving into Northwest Alabama this morning, snow will fall over about the northern third of the state over...
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December 7, 2011
Snow over West Tennessee and North Mississippi will move into Alabama this morning. A dusting is possible on grassy areas...
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December 6, 2011
WUS44 KHUN 070339 WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 939 PM CST TUE DEC 6...
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November 29, 2011
This is about as complicated as atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics can get. A cold core low is centered north of...
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November 27, 2011
Above is a loop of 500 mb heights (lines) and vorticity (colors) over the next 36 hours. You can see...
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November 27, 2011
Wow, what a complicated forecast! Two things are pretty sure...it will be damp and occasionally precipitate from now through Tuesday...
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May 20, 2011
This picture was snapped during one of the big snowstorms in the D.C. area this year by our next Guest...
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April 14, 2011
It often happens about this time of the year, a big storm in the Central Plains and a huge contrast...
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February 16, 2011
Kristie Calvin, the ABC 33/40 Skywatcher in North Pole. Alaska reported a temperature of 40 below zero at 7 am....
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February 11, 2011
FINAL UPDATE 11 AM TO ADD 15 ADDITIONAL REPORTS Here we go with another long list of low temperatures this...
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February 11, 2011
Thanks to our Skywatcher in Coker, Ronald Hughes, for this shot of some icicles on a cold February morning. The...
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February 10, 2011
Very hard-hit by a huge snowstorm yesterday, part of the snowstorm that arrived in Alabama later in the day and...
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February 10, 2011
NOTE: This is a long list and I feel sure I overlooked some but it was 100% not intentional. Also,...
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February 10, 2011
The snow is really winding down except for some light and occasionally moderate snow showers near and south of I-59...
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February 9, 2011
As of 1110 pm, the snow is ending from SW to NE across Alabama. The snow will end in most...
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February 9, 2011
The back edge of the snow is moving quickly east now across West Alabama. The back edge extends from Cullman...
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February 9, 2011
Lots of reports of snow accumulations across North and Central Alabama tonight...but road problems have been at a minimum so...
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February 9, 2011
Heavy snow being reported in downtown Birmingham with greatly reduced visibilities.... ...Bessemer...moderate snow...grass/elevated surfaces white...roads ok ...Corridor X...snow sticking to...
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February 9, 2011
Snow continues in the zone of dynamic lift from central Mississippi into north and central Alabama. The thunderstorms that were...
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February 9, 2011
Snow continues across the northern half of Alabama tonight. So far, travel problems have been limited to parts of Northwest...
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February 9, 2011
ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Terry Sasser is out in the snow tonight... drive along with him... Free live streaming by Ustream
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February 9, 2011
Good night for a pot of chili across Central Alabama as snowflakes start to fly... Some interesting reports: JEFFERSON COUNTY...
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February 9, 2011
Snow continues to increase over Alabama tonight. Snow is becoming heavv across much of Lamar, Fayette, northern Pickens, northern Tuscaloosa,...
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February 9, 2011
As we mentioned earlier, this storm was stronger than the models anticipated, just like the last one. A weak upper-level...
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February 9, 2011
Radar indicates that snow is increasing quickly over West Alabama late this afternoon. Light to moderate snow now covers much...
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February 9, 2011
Much of northern Mississippi is now snow covered this afternoon. The snow is beginning to pick up over Northwest and...
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February 9, 2011
Snow is moving quickly across Mississippi and into Alabama this afternoon, with reports of light snow as far east as...
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February 9, 2011
Snow is beginning to fall across Northwest Alabama. Here are some reports: ...Snow is now falling in Tuscumbia. NWS Huntsville...
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February 9, 2011
My old college roommate, Dr. Gary Ervin, who is a professor at Mississippi State reports light snow began in Starkville...
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February 9, 2011
* From an individual in Memphis: 1 inch of snow has already accumulated in 1 hour. Roads getting slick. Heavy...
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February 8, 2011
*Busy night in the weather office... but not as busy as Monday nights when we record WeatherBrains. Had a fun...
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February 8, 2011
The 18Z run of the NAM generally lines up nicely with the ongoing forecast... Curiously, the 21Z run of the...
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February 8, 2011
I will be using this on the afternoon Weather Xtreme video... just thought I would go ahead and post this,...
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February 8, 2011
All of the 12Z models are in now. No real big changes...an upper level disturbance will move into the SE...
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February 8, 2011
Most of Central and North Alabama (as well as northern and central Mississippi) are under a Winter Storm Watch Wednesday...
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February 7, 2011
If you listened to Rick and Bubba this morning, or follow me on Twitter, you know I am fighting the...
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February 6, 2011
The evening run of the NAM is coming in wet and cold for Wednesday night, giving more confidence to a...
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February 6, 2011
Some strong storms have broken out in the warm sector of that broad low pressure system and ahead of the...
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February 6, 2011
It's a nice day across Central Alabama today with temperatures warming into the 50s under mostly sunny skies. We will...
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February 6, 2011
Everyone wants to know if we are going to have a monster snow Wednesday and Thursday. That idea has been...
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February 4, 2011
Light rain and drizzle are still coming down over a large part of Central and East Alabama, but temperatures are...
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February 3, 2011
Precipitation has tapered over Central and North Alabama tonight and temperatures have warmed to just above freezing. They should rise...
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February 3, 2011
This map shows most of the winter weather advisories (in blue) and winter storm warnings (in teal) across much of...
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February 3, 2011
The NWS Birmingham has realigned the winter weather advisories for Central Alabama tonight, eliminating Clay, Dallas, Perry and Randolph Counties....
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February 3, 2011
Things are slowly improving across Central Alabama tonight as temperatures slowly warm and the wintry mix tapers off. Roads cross...
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February 3, 2011
Skywatcher report says there is a bad wreck on I-65 South near 292 with southbound lanes closed. Another report says...
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February 3, 2011
...John Talbot monitoring situation on Red Mountain Expressway, which is a parking lot this evening. One driver apparently has things...
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February 3, 2011
This graphic tells the story well. Winds out of the south at about 5,000 feet riding up and over the...
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February 3, 2011
The National Weather Service Huntsville has upgraded the winter weather advisory for Cullman, Marshall and DeKalb Counties to a winter...
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February 3, 2011
A mix of freezing rain, rain, sleet and snow covers the northwestern two thirds of Alabama this afternoon. Temperatures fell...
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February 3, 2011
Rapidly changing weather situation over Alabama this afternoon. The atmosphere is a little bit colder than we thought, probably because...
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February 3, 2011
With the winter weather situation unfolding pretty quickly... let's answer some questions. *Will travel become dangerous? Bridges could be come...
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February 3, 2011
Scroll down for Jason's post and our updated thinking for tonight and tomorrow. The wintry precipitation is well ahead of...
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February 3, 2011
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has expanded and extended the Freezing Rain Advisory until 4 PM for most of...
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February 3, 2011
A Freezing Rain Advisory has been extended and expanded to include Sumter, Greene, Hale, Perry, Bibb, Chilton, and Coosa Counties....
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February 2, 2011
Here is a late afternoon look at the unfolding situation for the Deep South... be sure and watch the Weather...
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February 2, 2011
We note the NWS in Mobile has issued a winter weather advisory for Southwest Alabama for the period from 6:00...
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January 30, 2011
The morning run of the GFS introduced a new idea: a very cold trough sweeping across Mississippi and Alabama on...
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January 26, 2011
One thing we have known all along is that there are always surprises under upper-air lows; this time the surprise...
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January 25, 2011
Here is a quick peek at the new 03Z run of the RPM, valid at 6:00 a.m. CST tomorrow... Pretty...
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January 25, 2011
Interesting to note that we are seeing signs of thunderstorm development over parts of Alabama as dynamic support improves from...
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January 25, 2011
Since I posted the afternoon discussion a few hours early... a quick peek at how things are unfolding. First, below...
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January 24, 2011
**Note... the afternoon discussion and video will be up shortly. Below is my snow accumulation potential forecast, and the watch...
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January 24, 2011
500 mb height, wind, vorticity, every 6 hours starting tonight at 6 pm. The big system coming in Tuesday and...
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January 23, 2011
High clouds streaming across the northern half of the state have blocked much of the sunshine and caused temperatures to...
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January 22, 2011
Last night, the GFS pretty much gave up the ghost on the upcoming major system that is headed our way...
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January 22, 2011
The NAM, GFS, and the ECMWF are all on board for what could be a pretty decent snow event for...
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January 20, 2011
From the Tennessee Valley... *Sleet at Madison *A dusting of snow on the ground at Killen in Lauderdale County *Snowing...
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January 12, 2011
Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher John Brown for this cool video taken Monday...
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January 12, 2011
Snow flurries are sneaking in under the radar again this morning. We had a number of reports of flurries/snow showers...
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January 12, 2011
...Comments encouraged to help everyone know what icy roads/bridges you may have seen or heard about... As far as travel...
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January 11, 2011
Snow skiing in downtown Birmingham.... Ice skating in downtown Atlanta... Peachtree St. Ice Rink in Midtown from A.Nendel on Vimeo.
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January 11, 2011
Now getting many reports of icy roads from Birmingham north and east. Birmingham has dropped to freezing, and we expect...
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January 11, 2011
We have received over 5,000 pictures of the big snow... here are 1,800 of our favorites. Fantastic shots... thanks to...
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January 11, 2011
Mount Cheaha is Alabama's highest peak at 2,407 feet, just south Anniston. We have a SKYCAM at Cheaha State Park,...
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January 11, 2011
I posted a version of this late Sunday night, but since many didn't see it due to the late hour,...
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January 11, 2011
Within the last 30 minutes a small area of snow has developed over Southwest Jefferson County... moderate to snow has...
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January 10, 2011
Looks I have over 4,000 pictures within the past 24 hours... here are some special ones I have selected tonight...
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January 10, 2011
This was just sent in by a reader... 18 wheeler overturned on I-20W right before Kilgore Memorial Dr. A reminder...
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January 10, 2011
Thanks to Josh Brown for this video taken this morning... he writes... "Skiing in downtown Birmingham this morning! Caldwell Park,...
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January 10, 2011
UPDATED AT 10:40 AM to reflect slow clearing of slush & ice in some areas. Shelby & Jefferson Counties in...
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January 10, 2011
Drier air moving in from the southwest has effectively ended the precipitation southwest of a line from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham...
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January 10, 2011
The warm nose has come in aloft over BHM and ANB now...see post below. We've been getting sleet, and now...
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January 10, 2011
The precipitation is not going away easily in the BHM metro area. Even though it's moving NE and the back...
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January 9, 2011
Been very busy tonight with radio/TV work, but I was told the trolls and haters were on us tonight here...
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January 9, 2011
Folks in the Huntsville/Decatur area, down to Cullman are getting treated to intense thundersnow tonight. My sister in law reports...
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January 9, 2011
Snow and sleet continues over about the northern half of Alabama tonight. Most across the area are impassable and travel...
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January 9, 2011
ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Terry Sasser is on I-65 north of Birmingham...
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January 9, 2011
Now getting a number of reports of 3 inch snow amounts in the convective snow band across North-Central Alabama...
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January 9, 2011
A Civil Emergency Message has been issued for several counties across Central Alabama. Roads are very hazardous and travel is...
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January 9, 2011
From James: Many many reports of thundersnow in the Bham metro. Very heavy snow... piling up quick in the heavier...
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January 9, 2011
Picture from Twitter from Birmingham Airport.
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January 9, 2011
Snow/ice/freezing rain cover most of north and central Alabama. The precipitation has changed over to snow farther south now, over...
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January 9, 2011
These are within the last hour from all across North-Central Alabama...
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January 9, 2011
It looks like the last two commercial flights of the night have departed from Birmingham. LATE NOTE 8:19... Delta 2170...
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January 9, 2011
Roads across most of Central Alabama are a mess tonight as the winter storm continues to increase in intensity. Precipitation...
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January 9, 2011
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 558 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 .UPDATE...MESOSCALE DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE....
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January 9, 2011
Someone asked why Birmingham and Jefferson County aren't in the Ice Storm Warning. Really, they are equivalent in seriousness. The...
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January 9, 2011
BLOUNT COUNTY ...Getting several reports of icing in Blount County now. ...Law Enforcement says I-65 very slick at Exit 384...
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January 9, 2011
The National Weather Service maintains two different types of warnings across Alabama right now. The winter storm warning is in...
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January 9, 2011
Precipitation is increasing over West Alabama. It is freezing rain, sleet and snow. Travel is already extremely hazardous in areas...
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January 9, 2011
ROADS BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IN THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AND ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION....
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January 9, 2011
Watch a 30 minute special on the winter storm on uStream below, or on ABC 33/40 TV from 4:30 until...
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January 9, 2011
LATE REPORT: 4:24...Red Mountain Expressway iced over at 2nd Avenue...accident there...no injuries. Moderate sleet and freezing rain here in Trussville...
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January 9, 2011
The band of sleet, freezing rain and snow is moving into the Birmingham metro right now. It is affecting the...
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January 9, 2011
* Tuscaloosa EMA reported freezing rain at 1:20 p.m., a mix of freezing rain and sleet in downtown Tuscaloosa. *...
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January 9, 2011
Multiple wrecks across the western third of the state, including Tuscaloosa. This shot is from Skip Baumhower, just south of...
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January 9, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bibyUocNd9k ...MAJOR WINTER STORM COMING...MAKE ANY LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY IN BIRMINGHAM... The afternoon weather extreme video is in. Watch...
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January 9, 2011
An area of precipitation continues to move northeastward across West Central and Central Alabama at this hour. The precipitation extends...
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January 9, 2011
Mix of freezing rain and sleet reported in downtown Tuscaloosa at 1:20. Heavy sleet in Coker...ground whitening. Sleet reported in...
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January 9, 2011
Governor Riley has declared a state of emergency for Alabama to speed the response process to the current winter storm....
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January 9, 2011
Warmer air aloft is a great concern for us here in Central Alabama as it increases the possibility of a...
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January 9, 2011
LATE REPORT 12:24...Ron Hughes in Coker reports heavy sleet in Aliceville, sticking to grassy areas... NWS Birmingham is extending the...
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January 9, 2011
Here is the Jackson radar. That is a band of sleet and freezing rain that is now lifting north and...
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January 9, 2011
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 939 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS WEST...
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January 9, 2011
There have been a lot of questions revolving around if the ground is frozen and how cold air temperatures will...
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January 9, 2011
See our live radar composite of the winter storm: Most of what you see over Alabama is NOT reaching the...
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January 9, 2011
Here is an early morning look at the winter storm headed for Alabama; Brian will be along shortly with a...
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January 9, 2011
Good morning. Brian Peters will be along with updated thoughts in a few minutes and a more detailed analysis. But...
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January 9, 2011
A couple of quick comments for all the commenters...and we appreciate all of you. Be careful when you say this...
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January 8, 2011
NOAA Weatheradios all over Central Alabama sounded recently as the NWS has upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Winter...
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January 8, 2011
The National Weather Service in Huntsville has issued the first winter storm warning for Alabama. The text of the warning...
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January 8, 2011
The National Weather Service Huntsville has upgraded to a winter storm warning. It is in effect from 6 p.m. Sunday...
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January 8, 2011
Little or nothing is the answer. But it was supposed to be that way. We did not expect any wintry...
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January 8, 2011
Scroll down for a treasure trove of information on what is coming our way. All the videos, maps, etc should...
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January 8, 2011
NWS offices are starting to our west are starting to issue Winter Storm Warnings now for Sunday into Monday. The...
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January 8, 2011
Over the past few hours, you have seen changes to the forecast. Heavier snow positioned to the north, icy conditions...
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January 8, 2011
Here is a look at the 12Z snow accumulation output from the RPM model... We have to respect this model's...
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January 8, 2011
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for Sunday afternoon through Monday morning for much of Alabama. There is the...
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January 8, 2011
Brian Peters will have the Weather Xtreme video posted soon! We are about 36 hours away from the beginning of...
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January 8, 2011
...SNOW STORM IN NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...POSSIBLE ICE STORM IN MONTGOMERY AND AUBURN... With all 4 models in, about the same...
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January 7, 2011
Thanks to Aaron Ray, who took this image on the bread aisle at a Walmart in Trussville. Guess the picture...
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January 7, 2011
Latest NAM unchanged...sweet spot right through I-20, with 4-8" of snow and maybe a little ice in TCL/BHM/ANB, a little...
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January 7, 2011
Just some random information as things have finally gone somewhat calm for a bit.... *Deep down inside, the anticipation of...
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January 7, 2011
NEW: All models in at 1220 am...it's starting to look more like a snow event than an ice event in...
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January 6, 2011
...Large uncertainty with possible winter storm Sunday and Monday... ...Ice storm possible... Cold, dry air will start moving into Alabama at...
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January 5, 2011
Scattered light to moderate showers moved into Central Alabama overnight, and as they did, the temperature in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa...
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December 27, 2010
Thanks to Vic Bell for this image captured this morning atop Lookout Mountain near Collinsville... he writes... "Most of the...
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December 26, 2010
Here are over 500 of images from across Alabama this weekend..... the elusive White Christmas so many of us have...
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December 26, 2010
Check out the very unique look to the satellite and radar pictures this afternoon. As we mentioned yesterday, very cold...
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December 25, 2010
The first White Christmas in BHM history. This is great! Weather guys can act like little boys, too! I was offline...
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December 23, 2010
First of all, the consensus of the models indicates that the main southern stream disturbance we've been talking about is...
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December 23, 2010
After looking at the models, all except for the Euro (which forms a strong surface low near Panama City) show...
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December 22, 2010
Just a quick peek at the new 00Z RPM valid at 6:00 p.m. CST Saturday... Confidence is rather high we...
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December 16, 2010
While most of Alabama is already warmer at 3:00 AM than it has been in almost a week, a small...
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December 15, 2010
ALC055-160400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...
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December 15, 2010
*Local area emergencies have been declared in Marshall and DeKalb Counties due to ice on bridges and dangerous travel. *All...
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December 15, 2010
As mentioned in my previous blog, the big issue now is figuring out when temperatures are going to rise above...
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December 15, 2010
...See James' complete forecast below... Clearly, the rain was just heavy enough this morning, and the air was just dry...
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December 15, 2010
*Tuscaloosa Police have closed the Paul Bryant/Eastern Bypass bridge near Holt after several accidents. *Many accidents now being reported due...
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December 15, 2010
*Freezing rain, mixed with some sleet, continues to increase over the western half of Alabama this morning. Remember, sleet (ice...
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December 15, 2010
It sure was quiet on the ice report front until about 20 minutes ago. Parts of northern Mississippi are under...
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December 15, 2010
Light rain has begun over eastern Mississippi and western Alabama within the last hour, but no ice has been reported...
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December 13, 2010
Here are some points concerning the expected weather in Alabama Wednesday.... *The greatest chance of freezing rain (possibly mixed with...
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December 13, 2010
Much of northeastern Alabama is covered with a dusting of snow this morning. We have had reports of powdery snow...
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December 13, 2010
The above balloon data from NWS Birmingham at 5 pm last evening show the extremely cold air in the lower...
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December 12, 2010
Snow showers continue over parts of East Alabama tonight and could accumulate to one inch in spots, especially at higher...
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December 12, 2010
*We do not expect any travel issues tomorrow morning for much of Alabama... for most of the state there has...
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December 12, 2010
Mostly cloudy skies cover the northern half of Alabama on this Sunday afternoon. There are occasional breaks in the overcast,...
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December 12, 2010
The day is going as expected. Most places are hovering near freezing, with wind wind chill index values well below...
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December 12, 2010
Several reports from Skywatchers of moderate snow sticking to roofs, grass and cars in Northeast Alabama. Reports have come in...
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December 12, 2010
A long list of winter weather advisories filled my reading pile this morning. Let's sit down with a mug of...
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December 12, 2010
1/2 to 1" of rain fell over most of north and central Alabama last night, and then temperatures began to...
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December 11, 2010
An impressive storm system is ramping up to our northwest right now with a rapidly deepening upper trough over Iowa...
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December 10, 2010
NOUS44 KBMX 110243 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-111500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 843 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010...
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December 10, 2010
See the RPM accumulated snow forecast... and the statement from the NWS Minneapolis... URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER...
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December 8, 2010
The video below is from Michael Clements, taken from the second floor of the engineering building at Rock-Tenn (west of...
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December 8, 2010
Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher C.R. Vaughn for these images... He writes: James… "Here are a few snow shots from...
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November 12, 2010
Thanks to Justyn Jackson of the NWS in Amarillo for these images... he writes: "Hi James, Hope you're doing well....
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November 5, 2010
This image was captured by a webcam at Purchase Knob in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park this afternoon...
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November 5, 2010
Here are some reports from across the northern half of Alabama... mostly from Twitter and Facebook... *@duckfetchr: sleet pellets and...
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November 5, 2010
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 400 AM EDT FRI NOV 5 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED...
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March 22, 2010
A strong upper low, centered in eastern Mississippi, continues to move very slowly eastward. It is producing some light precipitation...
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February 28, 2010
Dynamically, the setup over the next 48 to 60 hours looks *almost* classic for snow here in central Alabama. An...
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January 15, 2010
This table shows the 20 previously coldest 7-, 10-, and 14-day periods in BHM, according to average daily temperature, with...
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