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Archive for February 25th, 2013

Gusting Winds, Line of Heavy Showers

Gusting Winds, Line of Heavy Showers

| February 25, 2013 @ 11:27 pm

Late tonight, we are tracking some strong gusty winds on the back side of the area of rain moving across Central Alabama. …Winds gusted to 37 mph at the Birmingham Airport at 10:44. …Winds gusted to 52 mph atop the Daniel Building at the 3340 Downtown Skycam …Winds gusted to 37 mph at the 3340 […]

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High Winds Pushing into Birmingham Metro

High Winds Pushing into Birmingham Metro

| February 25, 2013 @ 10:16 pm

A large mass of rain and embedded thunder is pushing east northeastward across the middle part of Alabama tonight from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham southeastward. As advertised, strong winds are occurring behind the rain area, the result of a wake low or gravity wave. These winds are moving into the Birmingham area now. Expect winds of […]

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8:15 Update

8:15 Update

| February 25, 2013 @ 8:16 pm

We have been advertising a complex surface pattern over the Southeast for tonight, and it has panned out for sure. Look at the surface features in the right panel of the image. You can see surface low southeast of Little Rock with a warm front lifting across Mississippi before it curves southward and turns stationary […]

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A Wet Night

A Wet Night

| February 25, 2013 @ 7:44 pm

Severe weather threat continues across the southern third of Alabama this evening. The SPC continues a slight risk (outlined in green) for severe weather across the Northern Gulf Coast tonight. The risk runs from near Aliceville down to Selma and over towards Phenix City. The main threat of severe weather will stay south of North […]

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Tornado Watch – Southwest Alabama

Tornado Watch – Southwest Alabama

| February 25, 2013 @ 4:04 pm

The SPC has issued Tornado Watch #44 which includes the Alabama counties located in Southwest Alabama. Counties in the watch include Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe & Washington. The watch is in effect until 10:00 pm this evening. Cold air damming, what we refer to as the wedge, has kept the air more […]

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Soaking Rain Tonight; Severe Storms Way Down South

Soaking Rain Tonight; Severe Storms Way Down South

| February 25, 2013 @ 3:27 pm

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. WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS TO THE WEST: A remarkable blizzard is in progress today over the Texas Panhandle into West Oklahoma; […]

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Afternoon Update

Afternoon Update

| February 25, 2013 @ 3:05 pm

Still calm weather across Alabama this afternoon, but to our west this is not the case. Tornado watch (large red box)remains in effect for portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. Across central Arkansas a severe thunderstorm watch (large purple box) has been issued. Along an approaching cold front, numerous showers and thunderstorms have developed this […]

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New Tornado Watch to our West

New Tornado Watch to our West

| February 25, 2013 @ 12:37 pm

Now that the cold front is beginning to approach and interact with the more moist unstable air mass, severe thunderstorms are now developing across the Arklatex.  The SPC has issued a tornado watch that includes extreme east Texas, southern Arkansas, southwestern Mississippi and the entire state of Louisiana. This tornado watch is in effect until […]

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Midday Update

Midday Update

| February 25, 2013 @ 11:23 am

A quick check of the radar has us focused on two areas of showers and thunderstorms late this morning. We have had several severe thunderstorm warning in south Alabama and Georgia and Northern Florida this morning with reports of large hail in the area. We are seeing a break in the activity across Alabama and […]

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1934 Tornado Outbreak

1934 Tornado Outbreak

| February 25, 2013 @ 9:00 am

Weather dominated the headlines on Sunday, February 25, 1934 as a major storm system affected much of the United States.  The national news was mesmerized by the Wyoming search for a United Air Lines plane that was missing after taking off two days prior from Salt Lake City bound for San Francisco.  Blizzard conditions hampered […]

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Severe Weather Threat Stays Well To The South

Severe Weather Threat Stays Well To The South

| February 25, 2013 @ 5:54 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. HUGE TEMPERATURE VARIATION TODAY: This is clearly a case where a “one number” high temperature forecast won’t work. Areas […]

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