A potpourri of weather is affecting the United States on this final Sunday of February, including a damaging derecho and tornadoes in Oklahoma and surrounding states, feet of snow in the Sierras of California, more record heat here in the south, and severe weather for Alabama late Thursday and Friday. Oh, let’s throw in a space launch tonight!
A significant November severe weather outbreak is expected in areas west of Alabama this afternoon and overnight, with the possibility of a few large tornadoes. Storms will weaken substantially overnight and will not be severe as they get into Alabama Saturday morning, except possibly over extreme southwestern sections of the state around Mobile.
Ten years ago tonight, Hurricane Sandy slammed ashore on the New Jersey coast causing $65 billion in U.S. damage.
The system is the western Gulf just ran out of time before it moved inland over South Texas this morning.
A nursing home was heavily damaged near Monette AR. This tornado may have been on the ground for over 75 miles already.
One may have just struck the town of Coffman directly. Coffman is 60 miles south of St. Louis.
Ida ranks near the top or at the top of all the hurricanes that have ever hit Louisiana.
Ida is expected to intensify rapidly today as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Data from an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft, NOAA Doppler weather radars, and surface observations indicate that the center of Tropical Storm Henri made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island near Westerly at approximately 11:15 am CDT.
The center of Tropical Storm Henri is near Block Island at this hour and will move inland soon.
Winds are gusting to strong tropical storm force across Block Island into coastal Rhode Island.
Winds have been gusting over 60 mph on Block Island off the Rhode Island coast.
James Spann
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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.
