A terrific afternoon will turn into a a pretty fair evening across Alabama. It has been breezy this afternoon with sustained winds of 10-20 mph and gusts to over 30 mph at times. A new air mass has moved into the state behind a front that moved in earlier today. Other than that, it has […]
What a difference a few hours makes. A rough start to the day as a strong line of storms moved across the state. The storms made it through a majority of the state before any reached severe limits, but there were several severe storms across the eastern half of the state. All storms and rain […]
All watches and warnings have been allowed to expire across Alabama. It was a rough start to the day, but the front, clouds, and rain are on their way out of here. We are seeing the sky clear rapidly this midday and for the rest of the afternoon we will have a sunny sky, which […]
The NWS in Tallahassee has issued a tornado warning for Bay County till 9:30 AM CST …AT 902 AM CST…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GULF LAGOON BEACH…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. Doppler Radar indicates a well defined hook echo moving toward Lynn Haven.
A sharp and deep upper level trough has its axis lined up from Duluth MN to Des Moines to Kansas City to Dallas this morning. Strong winds over 130 mph are howling on both sides of the trough. It would be a great morning to be flying from Shreveport to Detroit. You would have a […]
Potentially severe thunderstorms are approaching Notasulga, Franklin and Shorter. They are currently in the Tallassee area. They are capable of damaging winds and large hail to the size of quarters. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… WEST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY […]
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Several trees were blown down around Alexander City by this morning’s severe thunderstorms just before 7 a.m. Some of them landed on homes. Trees were are reported down around New Site in northern Tallapoosa County at 6:55 a.m. Severe thunderstorm warnings continue for parts of Chambers and Randolph and well as parts of Elmore County […]
It is a dubious honor, but the first tornado watch of the year includes Alabama. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 1 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA MONTGOMERY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA CHAMBERS LEE MACON RUSSELL […]
Strong thunderstorms are over ELmore County as well at this time. They are capable of producing hail to quarter size or larger and damaging wind gusts. Can’t rule out an isolated tornado as well. Dewpoints are several degrees higher than expected this morning over South Central Alabama, so the NWS has issued a tornado watch […]
Severe thunderstorms have intensified this morning from Goldville and New Site down to Jackson’s Gap. They are approaching Dadeville, Daviston and Wadley and will be in Roanoke shortly. Be in a safe place as these storms approach. They have lots of lightning, small hail and could produce damaging wind gusts. They also could produce a […]
Here are our two main storms producing hail this morning. The image is of the Vertically Integrated Liquid product from the NWS-88D Doppler radar out of Atlanta. One is crossing I-20 between Lincoln and Anniston. It produce quarter sized hail and 40 mph wind gusts near Stemley at 5:31 according to a report to James […]
The NWS in Birmingham has issued a evere thunderstorm warning for parts of Calhoun and Cleburne Counties in East Alabama. LATE REPORT at 5:25 nickel sized hail was reported 4 miles north of Anniston. The storm just southeast of Weaver and Jacksonville is the most imopressive of the night. The NWS warns that it could […]
Some loud thunderstorms are prancing eastward across Central Alabama this morning. They extend from the Jacksonville and Weaver areas to Pell City to Calera and on to Marion at 5:15. Very heavy rain is along the leading edge of this activity, along with the lightning. There were some reports of damage caused by lightning and […]
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.
