Around 4:30 pm on Wednesday, November 15, 1989, a tornado touched down near Madkin Mountain on Redstone Arsenal, southwest of Huntsville. The tornado moved northeast towards the heavily-populated Airport Road area, where it would destroy or damage 80 businesses, 3 churches, a dozen apartment buildings, and more than 1,000 cars. It moved on, climbing over […]
To our friends in Lamar County…as well as those in Pickens County. That’s a dangerous storm passing near Starkville right now…it will move near Columbus and then toward Lamar County and northern Pickens County in West Alabama. It will be into West Alabama between 11:30 and 11:45. A tornado warning is in effect for the […]
An EF-4 tornado roared through the southern part of Huntsville with no warning, plowing through businesses and heavily populated residential areas of the city, the tornado left a tragic legacy; 21 dead, 463 injured and damage estimated at 100 million dollars. Twelve of the 21 fatalities occurred in automobiles as many persons were homeward bound […]
It is a blustery day across Alabama with temperatures in the 40s late this morning… Note the radar from Hytop below… Very cold air aloft associated with the upper trough over the Deep South has resulted in sufficient instability for a few showers over Northeast Alabama. The NWS Huntsville has reported sleet mixed with the […]
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
