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On This Date In 1989…..

Around 4:30 pm on Wednesday, November 15, 1989, a tornado touched down near Madkin Mountain on Redstone Arsenal, southwest of Huntsville. The tornado moved northeast towards the heavily-populated Airport Road area, where it would destroy or damage 80 businesses, 3 … Continue reading →

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Heads Up Lamar County (and northern Pickens)

To our friends in Lamar County…as well as those in Pickens County. That’s a dangerous storm passing near Starkville right now…it will move near Columbus and then toward Lamar County and northern Pickens County in West Alabama. It will be … Continue reading →

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At This Moment In 1989 On This Date….

An EF-4 tornado roared through the southern part of Huntsville with no warning, plowing through businesses and heavily populated residential areas of the city, the tornado left a tragic legacy; 21 dead, 463 injured and damage estimated at 100 million … Continue reading →

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Showers/Sleet Over Northeast Alabama

It is a blustery day across Alabama with temperatures in the 40s late this morning… Note the radar from Hytop below… Very cold air aloft associated with the upper trough over the Deep South has resulted in sufficient instability for … Continue reading →

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