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Tropical Showers Again This Afternoon

Tropical Showers Again This Afternoon

| August 12, 2016 @ 3:32 pm

RADAR CHECK: Scattered showers and storms are moving northward across Alabama this afternoon, pushed in that direction by the upper low over Louisiana… For most places, temperatures are holding below 90 degrees for the fifth consecutive day because of the clouds and showers. The rain will diminish later tonight. LOUISIANA: Rain amounts of 15-20 inches […]

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Fantastic & Future-Forward – Good News Stories From Alabama NewsCenter

Fantastic & Future-Forward – Good News Stories From Alabama NewsCenter

| August 12, 2016 @ 1:05 pm

From Flamenco dancing to food trucks, funding medical research, flight testing, football in full pads, and fresh food (and drink!) finds, this week’s Good News Stories from Alabama NewsCenter are fantastic and future-forward! Miles College Golden Bears won’t sneak up on opponents this year Alabama Power’s Porter takes lead on 2021 World Game in Birmingham […]

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Midday Nowcast: Muggy Air and Showers

Midday Nowcast: Muggy Air and Showers

| August 12, 2016 @ 12:13 pm

Here is another day and we are still dealing with clouds and showers rotating around this quasi-stationary low that is located in southeastern Louisiana. Most of the rainfall in the state is located in the southern parts of the state, while torrential rainfall is continuing to fall over parts of Louisiana and extreme southern Mississippi. […]

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A Minecraft Creeper Over Louisiana This Morning?

A Minecraft Creeper Over Louisiana This Morning?

| August 12, 2016 @ 9:15 am

If you are a Minecraft fan or have a kid who is, you might have a flash of recognition when you see this layout of the flash flood warnings in Louisiana this morning. It looks like a Minecraft Creeper. Sss…BOOM! One might think the National Weather Service had a sense of humor with the warnings […]

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Life Threatening Flooding in Louisiana This Morning

Life Threatening Flooding in Louisiana This Morning

| August 12, 2016 @ 9:01 am

Extremely heavy rain has been falling this morning across southeastern Louisiana from Lafayette up through Baton Rouge and Hammond and across the parishes that border Mississippi. More than five inches of rain has fallen across a wide area of southeastern Louisiana. Some notable reports this morning: …Numerous homes flooded around Watson, which is northeast of […]

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Some Sun; Scattered Showers Still Possible

Some Sun; Scattered Showers Still Possible

| August 12, 2016 @ 6:17 am

HEAT LEVELS CREEPING UP: The high at Birmingham has been below 90 degrees for four consecutive days thanks to clouds, but today with a slight increase in the amount of sun we could touch 90 degrees this afternoon as the upper low over Louisiana drifts westward and begins to lose it’s influence. Still, the air […]

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