The back edge of our rain is pushing eastward through eastern Mississippi tonight. A sharp line of heavy showers extends from Brent to Montevallo to Harpersville and on to Lincoln and Ohatchhe. A large mass of moderate rain covers parts of Pickens, Sumter, Greene and Marengo and Hale Counties in West Central Alabama. This is […]
There is just no surface based CAPE on this map from the Storm Prediction Center. That’s good news, as it keeps the thunderstorm chances limited. I can’t even find much lightning on lightning detection systems over Central or North Alabama, if any at all. There could be an isolated stroke or two. There is a […]
WGUS54 KBMX 182004 FFWBMX ALC063-091-119-182300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0002.120218T2004Z-120218T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 204 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… WESTERN MARENGO […]
Showers and storms are spreading northeastward across Louisiana, Mississippi and western and southern Alabama this afternoon. The rain was starting to move into the Birmingham metro area just before 12:30. Light rain was falling at Tuscaloosa. There is lightning in the elevated thunderstorms that cover much of Central Mississippi at this hour. Recently saw a […]
Morning balloon run data is in, and the sounding from Birmingham showed two dry layers aloft, one centered around 800 millibars (about 4,000 feet) and one around 550 millibars (about 17,000 feet). Both of these are likely to be wiped out by the rain moving into the area, but initially they will evaporate some of […]
The latest 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. Clouds arrived overnight and it appears that the rain will be spreading over Alabama primarily during the afternoon hours. Some rain according to radar has already […]
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