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Rare July Front

Rare July Front

| July 31, 2015 @ 6:49 am

Don’t look now, but the models were right. Whoever said that they would believe it when they saw it is having to believe it this morning. A rare July cool front actually made it through Central Alabama. It is pushing offshore of the northern Gulf Coast this morning. In its wake, dewpoints are in the […]

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Showers/Storms South Of I-20

Showers/Storms South Of I-20

| July 30, 2015 @ 3:19 pm

DRIER AIR MOVING INTO NORTH ALABAMA: As expected, dew points are falling across the northern part of Alabama this afternoon as drier air moves into the state. Scattered showers and thunderstorms have formed, but they are mostly south of I-20 (Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to Anniston). Showers and storms across Central and South Alabama will settle […]

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Drier Air Arrives Tonight

Drier Air Arrives Tonight

| July 30, 2015 @ 6:18 am

SURFACE FRONT ON THE WAY: Note we don’t call them “cold fronts” in late July in Alabama, but a surface boundary will drop into North Alabama today, and accordingly we believe the highest coverage of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon will be south of I-20 (south of a line from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to Anniston). […]

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Big Storms Across Alabama

Big Storms Across Alabama

| July 29, 2015 @ 3:51 pm

**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today** RADAR CHECK: Strong to severe storms have been moving southward across much of Alabama today, with strong gusty winds, very frequent lightning, and torrential rain. These showers and storms will die down once the sun goes down later this evening. TOMORROW: A surface boundary will push into North Alabama, […]

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Pickens County

Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Pickens County

| July 29, 2015 @ 3:46 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 343 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ETHELSVILLE…OR 8 MILES NORTH OF PICKENSVILLE…MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO […]

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Lamar/Pickens Counties

Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Lamar/Pickens Counties

| July 29, 2015 @ 3:19 pm

The storm over Lamar County is moving south, and capable of producing damaging winds. Also, it is putting out a remarkable amount of cloud to ground lightning… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… […]

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Jefferson/Shelby

Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Jefferson/Shelby

| July 29, 2015 @ 2:39 pm

The storm moving the southern part of the Birmingham metro could produce winds of 50 mph or higher… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 237 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE […]

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Storms More Numerous Today

Storms More Numerous Today

| July 29, 2015 @ 6:30 am

RADAR CHECK: We have a few showers and storms on radar early this morning across Central Alabama… moving to the southeast. When you see early morning storms in summer, that is a pretty good sign the atmosphere is unstable and not capped, and that often means scattered to numerous showers and storms later in the […]

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Randolph County

Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Randolph County

| July 28, 2015 @ 5:48 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEDOWEE… MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO […]

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Calhoun/Cleburne/Talladega

Severe Thunderstorm Warning : Calhoun/Cleburne/Talladega

| July 28, 2015 @ 5:18 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 515 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BLUE MOUNTAIN…OR OVER ANNISTON…MOVING […]

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Another Hot & Humid Day

Another Hot & Humid Day

| July 28, 2015 @ 6:01 am

James is in St. Louis on this Tuesday, so we will operate with an abbreviated video schedule today. Just one Weather Xtreme video today. We will return to regular schedule tomorrow when James gets back. FOR YOUR TUESDAY: It will be very similar to Monday across the state. Highs today will climb well into the […]

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Classic Mid-Summer Weather

Classic Mid-Summer Weather

| July 27, 2015 @ 6:26 am

AT DAYBREAK: It is a warm, humid Monday morning across the great state of Alabama; sunrise shot below comes from the Gilmer Dairy Farm in Lamar County… Temperatures are in the 70s, and project a high back in the mid 90s for most communities today, with a partly sunny sky and the risk of “scattered, […]

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I-59 Showers

I-59 Showers

| July 26, 2015 @ 2:25 pm

The semi-permanent subtropical high over the Atlantic Ocean that we usually see near Bermuda in mid-summer is displaced to the east on this July Sunday. There is a surface high over the Atlantic to the east of New England. That high is ridging down the East Coast of the U.S.. There is a trough of […]

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A Hot July Sunday

A Hot July Sunday

| July 26, 2015 @ 10:37 am

Sorry for the scheduling mishap this morning that has made us late, but here is your Weather Extreme video and narrative for Sunday, July 26th. Saturday was a dry day across Central Alabama with very few isolated light showers. I finally got a reprieve after eight consecutive days of rainfall in Vestavia Hills and was […]

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