Archive for June 25th, 2015

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Sumter County

Bill Murray | June 25, 2015 @ 7:47 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 746 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CUBA… MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO […]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cleburne County

Bill Murray | June 25, 2015 @ 4:59 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 458 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIEDMONT… MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES […]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Pickens County

Bill Murray | June 25, 2015 @ 4:29 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 428 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENEVOLA… OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF GORDO…MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. […]

Heavy Storms in the Birmingham Metro

Bill Murray | June 25, 2015 @ 4:19 pm

UPDATE 4:30 PM The NWS has issued an Areal Flood Advisory for Jefferson County. Here is a picture of flooding downtown on 2nd Avenue in the Loft District from @IngeTingle: ORIGINAL POST Strong thunderstorms are over the Birmingham Metro area at this hour. Much of the southern half of the Metro is being affected right […]

Lower Heat Levels, Higher Rain Chances

James Spann | June 25, 2015 @ 3:46 pm

RADAR CHECK: Like you expect on a summer afternoon in Alabama, we have scattered showers and thunderstorms in progress this afternoon. They are drifting slowly to the southwest, and the heavier storms are producing heavy rain and lots of lightning. These storms will die down later tonight. Away from the storms, temperatures this afternoon are […]

Break In The Heat Begins Tomorrow

James Spann | June 25, 2015 @ 6:21 am

AT DAYBREAK: It is nice and quiet across the great state of Alabama early this morning… nothing on radar, and the sun is shining brightly in most places. Photo below from @ducst Today’s weather will stay hot and humid; the storms that moved through parts of Central Alabama last night have stabilized the atmosphere, so […]