Published on: March 27, 2011 at 6:59 PM
These are still images from ABC 33/40 Skywatcher John Brown’s excellent live stream last night near the supercell thunderstorm in Walker County…. the screen grabs were during nearby lightning that illuminates the storm structure.
No significant tornado damage was reported from this storm, but it did produce piles of hail in many Walker County neighborhoods!
Thanks to Renny Vandewege at Mississippi State for the first capture.
September 20, 2026 at 7:14 AM
We have to endure a few more days of summer-like weather here in Alabama before a pattern change to cooler and drier weather occurs later this week. The upper-level ridge responsible for our extended hot temperatures will keep its influence over the Southeast through Tuesday, then upper-level troughing from the northeast will dig into the Southeast, pushing a cold front through the region Tuesday into Wednesday. Continue reading
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September 19, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The weather over the next week will be slightly rainier than it has been recently, and although this weekend and early next week will be hot, we’ll start to see a cooling trend toward the end of next week. Higher rain chances this weekend are due to an upper-low in the Gulf increasing moisture and the upper-level ridge moving westward some. The “cooldown” next week is thanks to an upper-level trough that will dig into the Southeast. Continue reading
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