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Archive for February 21st, 2013

Debris Signature on Storm in South Mississippi

Debris Signature on Storm in South Mississippi

| February 21, 2013 @ 10:47 pm

There is a dangerous storm over southern Mississippi tonight about 30 miles northwest of Hattiesburg. It shows strong indications of a tornado. The most dangerous part of the storm is near Bassville community. The NWS Jackson see a debris signature now on the Doppler Radar. It will pass near or just south of Laurel in […]

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Heavy Rain Falling

Heavy Rain Falling

| February 21, 2013 @ 8:07 pm

Snoopy started all of his novels with “it was a dark and stormy night.” That would be an appropriate description of tonight’s weather across the northwestern quarter of Alabama with a mass of heavy rain moving northeast and translating slowly east across the area. Nothing severe, just heavy rain. It is raining heavily now in […]

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Wet Evening and Night

Wet Evening and Night

| February 21, 2013 @ 5:17 pm

Heavy rain and a few rumbles of thunder have moved into Alabama this afternoon and evening and it is shaping up to be a wet night. Heavy rain is falling mostly along and north of Interstate 20/59. Rain is falling in the Birmingham metro currently and much heavier rain is off to our west in […]

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Rain Moving In…

Rain Moving In…

| February 21, 2013 @ 1:37 pm

**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today due to travel; we are in Clanton for Storm Alert 2013** TURNING WET: After a sunny start to the day, clouds and rain are returning to Alabama. Moderate rain is falling over parts of West Alabama early this afternoon… Rain will push eastward through the afternoon hours, becoming widespread […]

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The Mississippi Delta Tornado Outbreak:  February 21, 1971

The Mississippi Delta Tornado Outbreak: February 21, 1971

| February 21, 2013 @ 11:41 am

On the morning of Sunday, February 21, 1971, a surface low was over Central Texas near Waco. The low had caused severe weather overnight in the Hill Country. A warm front extended east from the low across northern Louisiana, Central Mississippi and into Alabama. South of the boundary, winds were southerly and dewpoints were in […]

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Rain Moves In Later Today

Rain Moves In Later Today

| February 21, 2013 @ 6:19 am

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. VERY ACTIVE PATTERN: Clouds will thicken across Alabama today ahead of a very messy winter storm across the nation’s […]

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