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Long Dry Spell Ahead

Long Dry Spell Ahead

| April 30, 2015 @ 3:30 pm

RADAR CHECK: So far, no far no showers have shown up across North Alabama today despite the very cold air aloft associated with an upper trough. Closest rain to us is over Tennessee north of Chattanooga… An isolated shower or two could still show up around the northeast corner of the state this evening, but […]

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Only Isolated Showers Later Today

Only Isolated Showers Later Today

| April 30, 2015 @ 6:26 am

CHILLY LATE APRIL MORNING: Seeing some low 40s up in Northeast Alabama early this morning… 41 at Black Creek, and 43 at Fort Payne. Not many more of these kind of mornings before the long, hot summer sets in. The sky is mostly clear. A cold core upper trough is still over Alabama, so we […]

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Isolated Showers Tomorrow, Then Dry

Isolated Showers Tomorrow, Then Dry

| April 29, 2015 @ 3:40 pm

RADAR CHECK: A few isolated showers linger over parts of East Alabama this afternoon, but some places are enjoying some sunshine through a broken cloud field. Temperatures are well below average for late April… Birmingham’s average high today (April 29) is 77, but today temperatures are only in the mid 60s. We also note a […]

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Rain Tapers Off Later Today

Rain Tapers Off Later Today

| April 29, 2015 @ 6:23 am

WET START TO THE DAY: Rain continues across much of Alabama this morning as an upper trough passes overhead, but the rain will fade away later today. Clouds linger through the afternoon, and the high today should be in the upper 60s for most places. TOMORROW: Upon further review, I think we will need to […]

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Rain Tonight… Ending Tomorrow

Rain Tonight… Ending Tomorrow

| April 28, 2015 @ 3:37 pm

RADAR CHECK: Rain is increasing across Alabama this afternoon as an upper low lifts out of Texas… Tonight will be wet, with occasional rain. The air is cool and stable, so no severe weather, and probably no thunder. Even down in South Alabama the severe weather risk is small… just a “marginal risk” near the […]

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Rain Develops Later Today

Rain Develops Later Today

| April 28, 2015 @ 6:24 am

RADAR CHECK: Nothing showing up on radar at daybreak; the weather is dry and cool across the great state of Alabama. Vic Bell, the ABC 33/40 Skywatcher at Black Creek, just northeast of Gadsden, reports a chilly 38 degrees just before 6:00. Cullman is at 40… Fort Payne is at 41. The upper low that […]

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WeatherBrains 483:  Very Chaotic Start

WeatherBrains 483: Very Chaotic Start

| April 28, 2015 @ 5:15 am

WeatherBrains Episode 483 is now online (April 27, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight’s guest WeatherBrain works with the Capitol Weather Gang and joins us at the last minute. Jason Samenow, welcome to WeatherBrains. Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like: Extremes: High […]

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Rain Returns Tomorrow

Rain Returns Tomorrow

| April 27, 2015 @ 3:42 pm

RADAR CHECK: Rain continues to fall this afternoon over much of the Florida Panhandle… the MCS (mesoscale convective system) that brought winds to 100 mph to parts of Baton Rouge and New Orleans this morning is well south of the coast, over the Gulf of Mexico waters. On our end of the state, the sky […]

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Hear EM Speak About 4/27/2011 Operations Tonight at NWA Meeting

Hear EM Speak About 4/27/2011 Operations Tonight at NWA Meeting

| April 27, 2015 @ 9:00 am

Tonight is our first Chapter Meeting of 2015! The meeting will be at the NWS Birmingham with special quest speaker, Eric Jones, Elmore County Emergency Manager. Eric, Emergency Management Director for Elmore County and former Director for the Alabama Association of Emergency Managers, will discuss how the Alabama Emergency Management Agency utilizes National Weather Service […]

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Cooler Today; Rain Returns Tomorrow

Cooler Today; Rain Returns Tomorrow

| April 27, 2015 @ 6:21 am

COOL MONDAY MORNING: Temperatures are in the upper 40s and low 50s this morning; Vic Bell up at Black Creek near Gadsden reports 43. We stay dry today, but high clouds will increase, coming from the big MCS (mesoscale convective system) over Southwest Louisiana. The high this afternoon will be in the low 70s; the […]

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Tornado Debris Signature South of Fort Worth Tonight

Tornado Debris Signature South of Fort Worth Tonight

| April 26, 2015 @ 10:02 pm

Sunday, 9:59 pm The Fort Worth radar is showing a clear tornado debris signature in the long lived supercell in southwestern Johnson County west southwest of Rio Vista, heading in the general direction of that town. It will pass near Covington and near Grandview on I-35, just north of the split south of Dallas/Fort Worth. […]

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The Andover Tornado of 1991

The Andover Tornado of 1991

| April 26, 2015 @ 4:10 pm

On this day 24 years ago, an F5 tornado devastated the community of Andover, Kansas, in a violent tornado outbreak over the plains of Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. On April 26, 1991, a total of 55 tornadoes developed, 30 of which were rated an F2 or greater. At one point during the storm, three separate […]

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Large Tornado on the Ground Near Comanche, Texas

Large Tornado on the Ground Near Comanche, Texas

| April 26, 2015 @ 3:58 pm

By Bill Murray, 3:58 pm Sunday Spotters report a large tornado on the ground near Comanche, Texas this afternoon. This is a little more than 100 miles southwest of Dallas. FWD issues Tornado Warning [tornado: OBSERVED, tornado damage threat: CONSIDERABLE, hail: 4.25 IN] for Comanche [TX] till 4:45 PM CDT …AT 356 PM CDT…A CONFIRMED […]

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Sunny and Warm Sunday

Sunny and Warm Sunday

| April 26, 2015 @ 8:04 am

No Weather Xtreme Video this morning since I am providing weather support to the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. Much calmer weather expected for Central Alabama today after a challenging weather situation yesterday. Morning low clouds will give way to sunshine this morning with a mostly sunny afternoon expected. […]

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