The severe thunderstorm warning for Lawrence and Morgan Counties in North Alabama has expired. A new tornado watch has been issued for Northeast Alabama. South of there, things are still in pretty good shape, with all storm staying below severe limits for now. But there is a low level jet across the region, with winds […]
Thunderstorms continue over Northwest Alabama at this hour. They extend across Lamar, Marion and into southeastern Franklin County, from near Sulligent to Hamilton to Phil Campbell. These storms will also move into Fayette County. Other storms south of Columbus MS will push across parts of Pickens County shortly. Storms near Macon MS will move into […]
A new tornado watch has been issued until 4 a.m. for much of the western half of Central Alabama. This is in addition to the Watch already in effect for the Tennessee Valley, which by the way was extended in time til 4 a.m. to match the southern watch. Here are the counties in Central […]
Sorry that we lost the blog for several minutes there. One especially bandwidth hungry widget got reinstalled somehow and brought everything down when traffic spiked. Widespread showers are affecting the eastern half of Central Alabama. The only warning is for far northern Jackson County in North Alabama, but that storm is moving into Tennessee. But […]
Thanks to Bill Murray for all his work today; he will be manning the blog overnight and will keep it up to date with fresh information. Just a quick note some important observations… *There is no severe weather in Alabama at 6:30 p.m. Storms are producing heavy rain over East Alabama around Anniston, but they […]
Up until today, the United States was on a path that would lead to an all-time record low number of tornado fatalities for the year. But there are numerous reports from spotters and other sources of at least some fatalities near Holly Springs MS this afternoon from a long track, well forecast and well warned […]
I liked what one person said on Twitter a short while ago: “It looks like I am in an Instagram filter.” The skies around Birmingham turned an eerie yellowish green to orange this evening as the sunset. Throw in some impressive mammatus clouds, and it made for an eerie sky. The Instagrammy look was caused […]
A new tornado watch has been issued for North Alabama and Middle Tennessee. It goes until 11 p.m. CST. Alabama Counties included in the Birmingham NWS area are: In the Huntsville NWS area: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and Morgan. T A line of supercell thunderstorms extends from near Murray KY to east of […]
A significant tornado outbreak appears to be unfolding across northern Mississippi. What appears to be a long track damaging tornado continues to be on the ground southwest of Holly Springs. It will cross US-78 soon. Here is the four panel radar view from the NWS Memphis: Top left panel shows hook echo. Top right shows […]
Here is an update on the Alabama weather situation at 3:20 p.m. An extensive area of showers and storms continues pushing northeastward across Central Alabama at this hour. It extends from Maplesville in Chilton County to west of Selma to near Thomaston in Marengo County to Gilbertown in Choctaw County. From there it extends all […]
There is a tornado warning south of Clarksdale in Mississippi. A tornado was just reported with this storm by a storm chaser. There is visible debris being reported. This storm will move north of Batesville and then near Holly Springs and into Tennessee.
As expected, the NWS has issued a tornado watch for West Central and Southwest Alabama until 8 p.m. Storms across Central Alabama from Choctaw and Marengo Counties across Perry and into Bibb and Autauga Counties are poised to intensify as they push northeast. Wind shear values are high and there is a moderate potential for […]
Storms have increased over Southwest Alabama in the past 30 minutes and are lifting into West Central and Central Alabama. They are embedded in an area of clearing skies, which is allowing sunshine to push temperatures into the 70s with dewpoints in the upper 60s. The strongest storms are over Clarke County, approaching Thomasville. There […]
The surface low is approaching Kansas City early this afternoon. To demonstrate its strength, the barometer at KCI airport is now reading 29.09 inches!! Wow.
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