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Fire Weather Watch?

Fire Weather Watch?

| March 12, 2010 @ 10:13 pm | 4 Replies

This note from my friend Robin McKee Oakley: Bill, I have to ask. Is fire really considered weather? I saw where there was a “fire weather watch” a couple of days ago and I just laughed. Not to make light of weather guys but really? I teach kindergarten and we have never covered that one. […]

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Cool, Mostly Cloudy Weekend Ahead

Cool, Mostly Cloudy Weekend Ahead

| March 12, 2010 @ 3:11 pm | 1 Reply

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. RIGHT NOW: The sky has become mostly sunny over the western half of Alabama this afternoon in the wake of the early morning storms that […]

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What Happened to Mean Ole Storms?

What Happened to Mean Ole Storms?

| March 12, 2010 @ 9:17 am | 7 Replies

If you are referring to those during the night and early this morning, they moved over into Georgia and not nearly as strong. Much lightning and severe storms was the main feature of that line of storms overnight. At 9 o’clock this morning, a cold front was passing through the Birmingham area. Winds were shifting […]

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Blizzard Of ’93 – 17th Anniversary

Blizzard Of ’93 – 17th Anniversary

| March 12, 2010 @ 7:12 am | 13 Replies

Check out this from ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Mike Wilhelm… complete with video of our weather team covering the storm. Back then I worked with WeatherBrains associate Kevin Selle (he called himself Kevin Collins back then), and Dan Satterfield, who is in Huntsville now at Channel 19… These are all photos taken during, or just after […]

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Quick Progress Report Notes

Quick Progress Report Notes

| March 12, 2010 @ 6:19 am | 1 Reply

* That long line of intense thunderstorms that bugged us all night has begun to weaken considerably. * By the time the line of storms reached Birmingham, vivid lightning was the main problem. Jefferson and surrounding counties came under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and a Flash Flood Warning. * At 7:15 this morning, that line […]

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Hail Pictures

Hail Pictures

| March 12, 2010 @ 5:52 am | 6 Replies

Thanks to all of you that send in these images of hail across Alabama early this morning…

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Hail Producing Storms Start Our Day

Hail Producing Storms Start Our Day

| March 12, 2010 @ 5:48 am | 2 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. RIGHT NOW: The good news is that the squall line moving through Alabama this morning most likely won’t produce any tornadoes, and we have not […]

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Now We Worry About Flooding

Now We Worry About Flooding

| March 12, 2010 @ 5:39 am | Reply

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 544 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… EXTREME NORTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… EASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS INCLUDES THE […]

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Birmingham Metro Area Warning

Birmingham Metro Area Warning

| March 12, 2010 @ 5:22 am | 3 Replies

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 515 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VESTAVIA HILLS…MOUNTAIN BROOK… IRONDALE…HUEYTOWN…HOOVER…FAIRFIELD…BIRMINGHAM…BESSEMER… HOMEWOOD… NORTHWESTERN SHELBY […]

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Quick Radar Check

Quick Radar Check

| March 12, 2010 @ 5:17 am | Reply

That intense line of thunderstorms, some of them severe and overloaded with lightning at 5:10 am extended from Cullman through the east Part of Walker County then through East Tuscaloosa County to Marion in Perry County. The line of storms now entering West Jefferson County. The entire Greater Birmingham area will be under the gun […]

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For Our Friends in North Alabama

For Our Friends in North Alabama

| March 12, 2010 @ 5:15 am | Reply

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 549 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EASTERN CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 630 AM CST * AT […]

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Baseball Size Hail!

Baseball Size Hail!

| March 12, 2010 @ 5:00 am | 1 Reply

At 3:53 am, hail the size of baseballs (2.75 inch in diameter) at Carbon Hill in NW Walker County, Reported by a radio station. We have received several reports of a major hail event in that part of Walker,

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Warning Dallas + Perry County

Warning Dallas + Perry County

| March 12, 2010 @ 4:52 am | Reply

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 449 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION… NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… * […]

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Warning Closer to Birmingham

Warning Closer to Birmingham

| March 12, 2010 @ 4:34 am | Reply

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 430 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA […]

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