Author Archive: J.B. Elliott

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In the Early, Early Hours of Wednesday–3:55 Report

In the Early, Early Hours of Wednesday–3:55 Report

| April 18, 2012 @ 3:59 am

While most of Alabama was asleep, a nice band of showers continued to parade northeastward mainly through South and East Alabama. Not much lightning and the rain was not extremely heavy. At 3:55 am, most of the showers had passed south and east of the Birmingham Area and into North Georgia. Very little lightning. Numerous […]

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Late Morning in Alabama–11:10 am Report

Late Morning in Alabama–11:10 am Report

| April 17, 2012 @ 11:14 am

Most of Alabama is still rainless at this hour but not everywhere.  The big area of moderate to heavy rain to our west is still there but there has not been much of an eastward movement in the last several hours. Movement is toward the NNE and there is virtually no lightning. Shortly after 11 […]

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Alabama Weather Update at 8:25 am

Alabama Weather Update at 8:25 am

| April 17, 2012 @ 8:28 am

At 8:25 am, numerous showers, moderate to heavy, extend, in a broad band, from North Louisiana northeast across Mississippi into Northwest Alabama. It is pouring at this time over Northwest Alabama’s Marion, Franklin and North Lamar County, It is also pouring over several Northeast Mississippi counties. Credit a lot of that to a stalled front […]

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Alabama Thunderstorms at 1:45 pm

Alabama Thunderstorms at 1:45 pm

| April 16, 2012 @ 1:45 pm

A very (slim) (narrow) line of thunderstorms continues to progress eastward across mainly North and Central Alabama this afternoon. At 1:45 pm, the line extended from near Gadsden to Birmingham and Centreville and then into southwest Alabama. Movement is eastward. The Storm Prediction Center has made note of these storms but they do not think […]

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Thursday Morning Low Temperatures/Updated

Thursday Morning Low Temperatures/Updated

| April 12, 2012 @ 8:40 am

These numbers from 33/40 Skywatchers and other sources 28 Black Creek (frost on 5 of the last 6 mornings) 30 Crossville, Russellville, Valley Head 31 Scottsboro Airport,Wynnville (NE Blount County) 32 Fort Payne Airport and Bankhead National Forest 33 Nectar 34 Muscle Shoals, Courtland, Albertville, 36 Huntsville 37 Anniston, Bessemer, Oxford, Center Point 38 Tuscaloosa […]

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Low Temperature Roundup–Updated 11:30 am

Low Temperature Roundup–Updated 11:30 am

| April 11, 2012 @ 8:49 am

ALABAMA 32 Broomtown 33 Valleyhead 34 Black Creek 35 Scottsboro 36 Russellville, Meridianville 37 Fort Payne Airport, Crossville 39 Decatur, Muscle Shoals, Courtland 40 Pinson 42 Huntsville 44 Cottondale, Birmingham Airport 45 Coker, Albertville 47 Jemison 48 Guntersville, Anniston Airport 49 Calera, Troy 50 Tuscaloosa Airport 51 Selma 52 Auburn 53 Dothan, Evergreen 56 Montgomery/Dannelly […]

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A Major Tornado Underway in Dallas–Very Destructive

A Major Tornado Underway in Dallas–Very Destructive

| April 3, 2012 @ 2:02 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 134 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 TXC113-031915- /O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/ DALLAS TX- 134 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY… AT 133 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. […]

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A Soaking Alabama Rain Event . . .

A Soaking Alabama Rain Event . . .

| March 23, 2012 @ 8:04 am

. . . and a great way to flush away pollen. Here is a sampling of rain amounts around Alabama for the 24 hours ending at 7 this morning…and it is still pouring at some of these locations: 0.91 Cullman Ag Station 0.41 Anniston Airport 1.33 Birmingham Airport 1.78 Calera (Shelby County Airport) 0.95 Evergreen […]

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Noon in Alabama–Getting Wetter

Noon in Alabama–Getting Wetter

| March 22, 2012 @ 11:53 am

That long, long, line of showers and thunderstorms now extends from 80 miles off the Mississippi coast n0rthward parallel to the Mississippi/Alabama border, then into West Tennessee. From there a less active line of showers extends into Iowa and then curves back toward the southwest into Eastern Colorado. The pesky upper-level low-pressure area has a […]

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Alabama Weather Very Early on Thursday

Alabama Weather Very Early on Thursday

| March 22, 2012 @ 3:46 am

At 3:45 on this very early Thursday morning, showers and thunderstorms continue widespread across Mississippi but overall, not quite as strong. The stronger storms were on the east side of the state especially near the coast and also from near Meridian north to near Tupelo. Movement is north to north-northeast, A few moderate to heavy […]

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The Lonesome Midnight Hour

The Lonesome Midnight Hour

| March 22, 2012 @ 12:11 am

All evening, two south to north solid rows of showers and thunderstorms has continued over Mississippi. Training like two side by side trains. Very little eastward shift. The eastern line of showers and storms is and has been the strongest all evening. That eastern line now extends from New Orleans northward across Coastal Mississippi and […]

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Early Evening in Alabama–7:40 Report

Early Evening in Alabama–7:40 Report

| March 21, 2012 @ 7:41 pm

Heavy showers and strong thunderstorms have been ever-so-slowly working their way eastward today. At 7:40, it was raining over almost every square mile of Mississippi and some of it was heavy. In the last six hours, 1.40 inches of rain for Jackson and 1.16 inches for Hattiesburg. Those showers are just now struggling to cross […]

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A Real Old Fashioned Bonafide Snow Storm

A Real Old Fashioned Bonafide Snow Storm

| March 19, 2012 @ 8:04 am

We have to look no further than Northern Arizona: Some early Monday morning depths: 24 inches Flagstaff University Heights 18 inches Munds Park 16 inches Williams, west of Flagstaff 25 inches North Rim of the Grand Canyon 14 to 22 inches above 7,000 feet, White Mountains, East Central Arizona (Happy Jack one of my favorite […]

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Storms Forming Early This Afternoon

Storms Forming Early This Afternoon

| March 16, 2012 @ 12:59 pm

Scattered thunderstorms were developing rather quickly over  extreme North Alabama early on this Friday afternoon. Some of the storms have already become fairly strong. In fact, one or two warnings were posted near the Alabama/Tennessee border. A large thunderstorm was entering the northwest corner of the state. Otherwise, smaller but fairly strong, storms were scattered […]

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