It is a miserable day across most of Central Alabama behind a strong cold front. Temperatures are in the 30s in and north of the I-59 Corridor, and in the 40s further south. Temperatures will continue to slowly fall through the afternoon and will be near freezing shortly after sunset across areas from Lamar, Fayette, […]
Temperatures are near or below freezing now northwest of a line from southern Lamar County through Marion, Fayette and Winston Counties on into the Huntsville area. Rain, freezing rain and sleet continues across the area with freezing temperatures. We can’t rule out a few pockets of a light wintry mix might be occurring from southern […]
The leading edge of the precipitation this morning coincided with the leading edge of the front that had moved about halfway through Central Alabama. The temperature at Haleyville fell from 70 degrees to 43 degrees in about an hour. For the eastern sections of Central Alabama, your temperatures will stay warm until the front arrives […]
A quick update before Brian posts his video. The cold front now extends from near Anniston to Sylacauga to Selma to Coffeeville in Clarke County. The intensity of the radar echoes has diminished along the leading line. There hasn’t been any lightning in a while. Temperatures are dropping behind the cold front. The temperature is […]
Only two counties remain in the severe thunderstorm watch early this morning: Marshall and DeKalb. Blount County was just removed by Birmingham. The front is moving through the Birmingham Metro right now. It is 70F still at the Airport, but that is about to change. Already down to 51F at Tuscaloosa and 41F at Cullman. […]
Our strong cold front just passed Tuscaloosa right now where it has fallen from 70F at 3:42 to 60F at 3:49 a.m. to 56F at 3:56 a.m. Heavy rain was falling. Winds gusted to 30 mph. At Columbus MS, the temperature fell like this: …73F at 1:26 …68F at 1:31 …54F at 1:39 …48F at […]
The cold front has now entered into the extreme northwestern parts of Central Alabama, and you can see the temperatures fall just behind it. When the front passed through Muscle Shoals, the temperature went from 74 degrees at 12:30 AM, to 40 degrees just a little over an hour later at 1:38 AM. Current temperatures […]
The NWS Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Advisory for northern Fayette, east-central Lamar, and southeastern Marion counties until 2:45 AM CST. At 214 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Blooming Grove, or 9 miles east of Vernon, moving east at 55 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be […]
The NWS Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Advisory for Winston County until 2:45 AM CST. At 210 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking two strong thunderstorms in Winston county. These storms were near Natural Bridge and jsut north of Double Springs moving east at 55 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be […]
The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Northwestern Madison County in north central Alabama… Southeastern Limestone County in north central Alabama… Northwestern Morgan County in north central Alabama… * Until 215 AM CST * At 148 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Harvest to near […]
A Significant Weather Advisory has been issued for northern Winston, northeastern Lamar, and central Marion Counties until 2:15 AM. At 134 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a couple of strong thunderstorms in Marion County, moving northeast at 70 mph. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted […]
The NWS Birmingham has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 5:00 AM CST for the following counties in Central Alabama: Marion, Winston, Cullman, Blount, Walker, Fayette, Lamar.
At 1247 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Fairview to near Tremont. Movement was northeast at 70 mph. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include… Hackleburg, Bear Creek, Pigeye, Bexar, Tessner, Shottsville and Upper Bear […]
The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… East central Colbert County in northwestern Alabama… Southeastern Lauderdale County in northwestern Alabama… * Until 100 AM CST * At 1225 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sheffield, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage […]
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