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Archive for February, 2014

Stormy Morning Along the Gulf Coast

Stormy Morning Along the Gulf Coast

| February 23, 2014 @ 8:35 am

It has not been a good morning for beachcombing along the beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast from Dauphin Island to Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Pensacola. More suited for sleeping in and listening to it thunder. Thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours from southeastern Louisiana to Fort Walton along a northward moving warm […]

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Keep the Winter Coats Handy

Keep the Winter Coats Handy

| February 23, 2014 @ 7:21 am

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. Our weekend double header of Spring-like weather will continue today with clouds and rain across South Alabama while a […]

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Mostly Sunny and Mild Saturday

Mostly Sunny and Mild Saturday

| February 22, 2014 @ 3:36 pm

Not much to complain about in this type of weather, but there is also not a lot to talk about. It is a terrific looking Saturday not just across Alabama, but for most locations across the Southeast. Most locations are seeing sunny skies, but we are seeing some mid-to-upper level clouds are giving some areas […]

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Warming Up Nicely

Warming Up Nicely

| February 22, 2014 @ 10:56 am

We had a chilly start this morning as many locations in Central Alabama were down into the 30s for morning lows. Since then, temps have warmed into the mid to upper 50s across Central Alabama. For today, we are seeing mostly sunny skies today with just a bit of filtered sunshine. The high clouds that […]

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Filtered Sunshine Today

Filtered Sunshine Today

| February 22, 2014 @ 7:45 am

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. Some high clouds moving across Central Alabama this morning generating some very nice sunrise shots from our Skycam network. […]

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Mild Weekend; Colder Next Week

Mild Weekend; Colder Next Week

| February 21, 2014 @ 3:11 pm

**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today** BLUE SKY: What a delightful day across Alabama… sunshine in full supply with temperatures right around 60 degrees at mid-afternoon. Tonight will be clear, and temperatures will fall into the mid 30s by daybreak tomorrow. THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Another fantastic day tomorrow, the sky will be partly to mostly […]

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SWAW:  Focus on Weather Radio

SWAW: Focus on Weather Radio

| February 21, 2014 @ 9:30 am

SWAW stands for Severe Weather Awareness Week. This is an annual event, and has been since 1975, to focus on the weather threats which come with severe weather season in Alabama. Many, many states hold these educational events in an effort to increase the awareness of people to the severe weather threats and also to […]

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Brighter, Calmer Day

Brighter, Calmer Day

| February 21, 2014 @ 5:55 am

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. STORMS ARE GONE: Drier air is pushing into Alabama in the wake of the band of strong to severe […]

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Severe Weather Threat is Over for Central Alabama

Severe Weather Threat is Over for Central Alabama

| February 21, 2014 @ 4:49 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING 3 COUNTIES LEE RUSSELL BARBOUR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…AUBURN…EUFAULA… OPELIKA AND PHENIX CITY. Most of the showers and storms for Central Alabama have shifted to the south and east this morning. A cold front has made its way into Alabama and you […]

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Down to Only 3 Counties in the Watch

Down to Only 3 Counties in the Watch

| February 21, 2014 @ 4:15 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING 4 COUNTIES CHAMBERS MACON BULLOCK PIKE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…LANETT…TROY…TUSKEGEE… UNION SPRINGS AND VALLEY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING 3 COUNTIES LEE RUSSELL BARBOUR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…AUBURN…EUFAULA… OPELIKA AND PHENIX […]

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Only 7 Counties Left in the Watch

Only 7 Counties Left in the Watch

| February 21, 2014 @ 3:38 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING 4 COUNTIES ELMORE MONTGOMERY RANDOLPH TALLAPOOSA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ALEXANDER CITY…MILLBROOK… MONTGOMERY…ROANOKE AND WETUMPKA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING 7 COUNTIES CHAMBERS LEE MACON RUSSELL BARBOUR BULLOCK PIKE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES […]

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10 More Counties Cleared from Watch, Only 11 Remain

10 More Counties Cleared from Watch, Only 11 Remain

| February 21, 2014 @ 3:13 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING 10 COUNTIES AUTAUGA COOSA LOWNDES ST. CLAIR TALLADEGA CALHOUN CLAY CLEBURNE CHEROKEE ETOWAH THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ANNISTON…ASHLAND…CENTRE… FORT DEPOSIT…GADSDEN…HEFLIN…JACKSONVILLE…LINEVILLE… LOWNDESBORO…MOODY…PELL CITY…PRATTVILLE…ROCKFORD… SYLACAUGA AND TALLADEGA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING 11 COUNTIES ELMORE […]

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning Elmore/Tallapoosa until 3:30 AM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Elmore/Tallapoosa until 3:30 AM

| February 21, 2014 @ 2:55 am

A severe storm capable of producing damaging winds is impacting the areas in the warning. This warning includes areas in and around Dadeville, Camp Hill, and Tallassee. These storms will be impacting portions of U.S. 280 as well as state highway 49 & 229. This storm will continue to race off towards the northeast. The […]

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Areal Flood Advisory Issued for Calhoun County until 5:45 AM

Areal Flood Advisory Issued for Calhoun County until 5:45 AM

| February 21, 2014 @ 2:48 am

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN… CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WEST END-COBB TOWN…COBB TOWN… SAKS…PIEDMONT…OXFORD…JACKSONVILLE…FORT MCCLELLAN… ANNISTON… * UNTIL 545 AM CST * AT 244 AM CST…1 TO 3 INCHES OF […]

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