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Archive for December, 2014

Clouds Give Way to Some Sun by PM

Clouds Give Way to Some Sun by PM

| December 31, 2014 @ 8:41 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. The surface high pressure system has turned the wind around to the east and northeast and brought some clouds […]

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Low Clouds Hanging In

Low Clouds Hanging In

| December 30, 2014 @ 8:44 am

*** No Weather Xtreme Video this morning *** I am in Santa Monica, CA, to attend the Rose Bowl on New Years Day, and just don’t have the bandwidth to post a full video so will at least post a discussion. Clouds were hanging in across Central Alabama this morning in a thick stratus deck […]

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Clouds Hang In – Drizzle for the AM

Clouds Hang In – Drizzle for the AM

| December 29, 2014 @ 6:17 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. Radar this morning showed only a few light showers occurring across the East Central Alabama counties, and those will […]

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WeatherBrains 466:  Big Blingy Chain

WeatherBrains 466: Big Blingy Chain

| December 29, 2014 @ 5:15 am

WeatherBrains Episode 46? is now online (December 29, 2014). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Joining this episode is the National Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Greg Carbin, from Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK. He’ll be providing us with the rundown on the 10 biggest weather events for 2014. […]

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Lull in the Rain

Lull in the Rain

| December 28, 2014 @ 1:14 pm

We are currently experiencing a lull in the rain as of 1:10 pm. The cold front bisects Central Alabama running roughly from Fort Payne in Dekalb County to Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa County. More rain is likely later this afternoon and tonight as post frontal precipitation was showing up on radar. The leading edge of that […]

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Buck Creek Flooding Video

Buck Creek Flooding Video

| December 28, 2014 @ 9:13 am

Curious to see how much Buck Creek came up after the nearly 4 inches of rain fell overnight on the area, I drove down to where the Buck Creek flows under Highway 261 at the Helena Amphitheater Park. These are a collection of my amateur video so you can see the flooding that occurred. -Brian-

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Collection of Rainfall Totals

Collection of Rainfall Totals

| December 28, 2014 @ 7:18 am

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has put together a collection of rainfall reports from the current wet weather situation which I’m posting below. The list is organized by county. There are many locations reporting more than 3 inches of rain from the current storm system. Livingston in Sumter County has had nearly 4 inches […]

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Rain Continues along with Flooding

Rain Continues along with Flooding

| December 28, 2014 @ 6:20 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. As of 5 am, the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport had recorded 2.15 inches of rain while at my house […]

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Flash Flood Warning Jefferson County until 4:30AM

Flash Flood Warning Jefferson County until 4:30AM

| December 28, 2014 @ 1:36 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA… * UNTIL 430 AM CST * AT 134 AM CST…AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WITH DRAINAGE BASINS BECOMING OVERWHELMED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF CONTINUING. ALMOST 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL […]

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Flash Flood Warning Bibb/Shelby until 3:30 AM

Flash Flood Warning Bibb/Shelby until 3:30 AM

| December 28, 2014 @ 12:43 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… BIBB COUNTY IN ALABAMA… SHELBY COUNTY IN ALABAMA… * UNTIL 330 AM CST * AT 1237 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS ACROSS BIBB AND SHELBY COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER […]

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Heavy Rain Falling Across Central Alabama

Heavy Rain Falling Across Central Alabama

| December 27, 2014 @ 11:21 pm

Heavy rainfall continues to fall across much of Central Alabama. A flash flood watch remains in effect for the entire area through Sunday. With the intense rainfall, there are a few areas that are beginning to see some isolated flooding issues. Remember to TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN!!! Several roads becoming impassable in the metro area […]

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Flash Flood Watch Expanded

Flash Flood Watch Expanded

| December 27, 2014 @ 3:05 pm

The National Weather Service has expanded the Flash Flood Watch to include more of Central Alabama, mainly south of US-278 and north of US-80. It goes through Monday at 6 a.m. Counties added to the watch include: Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Randolph and Tallapoosa. This is in addition to […]

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Flash Flood Watch In Effect

Flash Flood Watch In Effect

| December 27, 2014 @ 12:09 pm

…HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA… …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE […]

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Short Break in Rain

Short Break in Rain

| December 27, 2014 @ 11:17 am

One round of showers with an embedded thunderstorm or two has moved northeastward across Central Alabama with rainfall amounts coming in around a third of an inch in most spots that saw rain. Another round of rain also with embedded thunderstorms was located across Southeast Mississippi, Southwest Alabama, and Southeast Louisiana poised to moved across […]

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