A heavy shower has developed this evening over I-22 between Brookside and Forestdale. It is pushing east southeast toward Fultondale and Tarrant. A warm, soupy airmass continues over Alabama. Temperatures are falling slowly toward the 60s.
The high of 85F at the Birmingham Airport today is a new record for the date. The previous record was 84F set in 1982 and 1945. The 86F at Montgomery was also a record. Tuscaloosa and Anniston fell a couple of degrees short. Yesterday, BHM tied the record for the date with 84F. Pinson broke […]
A strong thunderstorm has developed rapidly in the past few minutes between DOuble Springs and Arley. It is moving east towards Arley. It should stay just south of Addison. It is moving east slowly at just over 10 mph. It will take over an hour to get into Cullman County. A new broken line of […]
This warning covers the very far northern tip of Cherokee County in Northeast Alabama. ADVERTISEMENT Getting severe weather alerts immediately wherever you are is a critical part of protecting yourself and your family. Bill Murray’s simple new iPhone app MyWARN delivers lifesaving tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood watches and warnings to you anywhere, based […]
Strong storm now crossing US-432 north of Wedowee, heading toward Woodland. LATE REPORT 2:30 PM 6 Nnw Wedowee [Randolph Co, AL] emergency mngr reports HAIL of golf ball size (E1.75 INCH) at 02:22 PM CDT — golf ball sized hail reported just north of the lakeside marina at lake wedowee on highway 431. Hail was […]
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today… busy working ongoing strong to severe storms** SUN, HEAT, STORMS: These are the three words we use often during the months of June, July, and August… but it sure can happen as early as March in Alabama. The hottest March temperature in Alabama is 90 degrees, recorded on March […]
Vic Bell, our Skywatcher in Black Creek in Etowah County, found himself under a hail core of that strong storm that affected northeastern Etowah and Cherokee County. The warning, which Vic’s report prompted, has been allowed to expire. He reports that the trees would have been stripped of their leaves if it had been two […]
STrong storm approaching Leesburg and Centre in Cherokee County is capable of damaging wind gusts and produced quarter sized hail that nearly covered the ground at Black Creek, according to our Vic bell. Be alert as this cell moves eastward and be inside a a safe place not vulnerable to falling limbs. ADVERTISEMENT Getting severe […]
Strong storm west of Leesburg is moving east or east northeast. It will affect areas from Sand Rock to Leesburg to Centre. Vic Bell in Black Creek reports 1 inch hail. This is 5 miles north of Anderson in Etowah County. Watch out for hail to one inch or greater, damaging wind gusts of 60 […]
Storms over East Alabama are growing. In the Gadsden area, a wind gust to 37 mph was just measured at the airport. The NWS Birmingham warns that the storms have lots of dry air aloft to work with. That can result in strong downdrafts, so expect gusty winds to 40-50 mph with the stronger storms. […]
Scattered thunderstorms were developing rather quickly over extreme North Alabama early on this Friday afternoon. Some of the storms have already become fairly strong. In fact, one or two warnings were posted near the Alabama/Tennessee border. A large thunderstorm was entering the northwest corner of the state. Otherwise, smaller but fairly strong, storms were scattered […]
Strong storms are possible this afternoon as an outflow boundary continues to push southeastward into Alabama from an overnight complex of storms to our north that weakened this morning. The boundary was approaching the I-59 corridor at this hour. There is a cold airmass aloft behind the boundary, making for unstable conditions. Storms were refiring […]
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. HIGHS HOLD IN THE 80S: Our summer preview continues through the weekend. We are projecting a high today right […]
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
