Watching a severe thunderstorm coming out of Coosa County heading into Tallapoosa County that is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail. This storm will be impacting areas around Lake Martin including Highway 280 and the cities of Dadeville and Alexander City. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM […]
It is a rough drive along Interstate 65 as a severe thunderstorm continues to move south towards Prattville. Very strong and damaging winds will be accompanying this storm as it will be impacting Highway 82 as well. If this storm maintains its strength, Montgomery will be in its path. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM […]
A strong line of thunderstorms continues to drop south across the CWA this afternoon. These storms have a history of producing tree and power line damage across several counties. Almost all of this warning is to the east of Interstate 65 and will be impacting areas from Rockford down to Wetumpka. The warning is just […]
Severe storms capable of producing damaging winds continue to drop to the south along Interstate 65 and Highway 31 this afternoon. Areas around Lay Dam, Peach Park, Clanton and the Alabama 4-H Center will be impacted by these storms. Watch out for frequent and dangerous lightning as well. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS […]
A cluster of storms is affecting portions of the Birmingham Metro this midday. Damaging winds will be the greatest concern as these storms push off to the south. The worst of the weather is south of Downtown Birmingham and is affecting areas along Interstate 65 and Highway 31. Heads up Hoover, Helena, Montevallo, Columbiana, Calera, […]
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the southern 2/3 of Alabama today. The watch does not include Birmingham, Tuscaloosa or Anniston, but includes all counties south of the Interstate 20 corridor. Severe storms have developed this morning across west and central Alabama. These storms are the first in what could be several rounds […]
The cluster of storms in West Alabama have developed towards the southwest and will be impacting portions of Sumter County. Areas around Livingston, including the campus of the University of West Alabama will be impacted by these storms. Use caution along Interstate 20/59 and Highways 80 and 11 as very intense rain, hail and damaging […]
A cluster of severe storms have developed across West Alabama and have reached severe limits are affecting these two counties. Large hail and damaging winds are likely with these storms but intense rain and frequent lighting is occurring as well. These storms are impacting Interstate 20/59 as well Highways 11, 43 and 69. THE NATIONAL […]
A few storms have developed over West Alabama this morning. These storms are currently affecting areas around Fayette, Samantha, Vance, Duncanville and Cochrane. Watch out around portions of Highways 43, 69, 82, 11 and Interstate 20/59. Storms could be impacting Tuscaloosa and even into portions of western Jefferson County soon. The most intense thunderstorm is […]
Nate Johnson, one of the WeatherBrains panelists, was one of the Program Chairs for the AMS Second Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication this week in Nashville. He collaborated with several other Tweeters to create a great account of James’ impassioned account of the April 27th generational tornado outbreak and his lessons learned. View the […]
As expected a complex of showers and thunderstorms is moving into Northwest Alabama this morning. These storms will continue to drop south-southeast through the day. Out ahead of the main complex, storms are beginning to develop too. None of these storms are currently severe, but with daytime heating destabilizing the atmosphere and the uplift provided […]
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. ACTIVE WEATHER DAY: The radar is quiet at daybreak this morning, but we are keeping an eye on an […]
Some showers and thunderstorms developed over East Alabama this evening. A few of them even reached severe limits and did produce tree and power line damage in several counties southeast of Birmingham. These storms have since pushed out of our CWA. Over the last few hours some additional strong storms developed along a boundary in […]
A quick look at the radar this evening shows a few additional showers and thunderstorms are developing across portions of Central Alabama. Thunderstorms have popped up across Randolph, Clay, Talladega, Coosa, Shelby, Jefferson and Lamar Counties. These storms are developing along a boundary and they will continue to drop south and are producing lightning and […]
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.
