We are coming your way this week. The Storm Alert 2010 tour kicks off this week; we will be at Winfield’s First Baptist Church Thursday night. You can meet the ABC 33/40 Weather team, see some amazing Alabama weather stories, learn how to keep your family safe this tornado season, and win some cool stuff. [...]
We have visited this subject many times before, but since we had a situation this morning that prompted some questions, let’s take another look…
Many of our friends in Marengo County wanted to know why we weren’t on the air this morning with wall to wall coverage when they were under a tornado warning. The answer? [...]
Wow… our 13th annual weather tour across Alabama will begin later this month. Here are the dates that have been confirmed; there will be at least one more stop added that will be in the Birmingham metro area. All of the shows begin at 7:00, and as always we recommend you come early to get [...]
Join me on our live stream (you can access it here from the blog, or on abc3340.com) for a 15 to 30 minute update on tomorrow’s expected snow and the coming Arctic cold. We will also have this on our digital channels 33.2 and 40.2, known as “WeatherNow” on most cable systems around here.
Also, a [...]
I guess some radio boneheads got the ball rolling this morning, but my inbox is full of email with threats if we do any weather coverage during the BCS National Championship game. Some very personal, nasty threats.
There will be no maps, crawls, or cut-ins during the game. All of our coverage will be handled via [...]
I have debated this in my mind for years… the idea of adding a live chat to the blog for real time interaction.
With the coming cold snap and winter weather possibilities, let’s give it a shot. Should we have a problem with ugly language, personal attacks, or anything else closely related, we will have to [...]
ABC 33/40 is testing a new online, interactive radar application, and we want your help! It’s called StormAlert Interactive, it’s free, and if we get good reviews we will probably make it a permanent part of abc3340.com.
StormAlert Interactive Link
We were hoping to have this on the website last night, but we want you to [...]
We had a record crowd for this year’s spotter training event at the BJCC. Thanks to everyone for coming; if you missed it, we recorded our live uStream video feed, and you can watch below:
Here is the morning session, which features Jim Stefkovich of the National Weather Service in Birmingham, and Brian Peters and the [...]
People often ask how they can become one of our Skywatchers; my response is that you have to love weather, have a computer and a camera, and be willing to be trained. We do that training only once a year, and this year’s Storm Alert Xtreme is less than one month away. We will be [...]
Don’t forget our annual fall TV weather special is tomorrow at 5:00 on ABC 33/40…. Storm Alert 2009. Some great Alabama weather stories. Set those TIVOs and DVRs…
Special thanks to Ashley B and Bill Castle for their hard work on putting the show together. You will meet one of our Skywatchers and see his mobile [...]