EXPIRED Tornado Warning — Parts of Sumter Co. Until 2:45 pm
At 158 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Alamucha, or 11 miles east of Meridian, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Archive for December 14th, 2022
A Brief Update on Our Weather Situation at 2 pm
While moderate to heavy rain continues to fall over an already-soaked portion of North/Central Alabama, southeastern Mississippi is up to their armpits in Tornado Warnings, especially along the I-59 corridor.
Threat for Strong, Long-Track Tornadoes Exists for Southwestern Alabama
The overall environment remains very conducive to tornadic supercells with ample low-level moisture and buoyancy in the presence of strong low to mid-level flow.
Alabama NewsCenter — Alabama cooks deliver 5 Christmas cookie recipes Santa will love
Serve a prize-winning plate of cookies to families, friends and elves this Christmas.
“Trying to Keep Up Folks”…
Chad Entremont at the National Weather Service Jackson just made that comment, and it is an understatement.
A PDS Tornado Watch Until 8 pm
Folks IN AND NEAR the watch areas need to be paying attention. The risk outside of the watches doesn’t magically drop to 0. Severe weather can and does occasionally happen outside of a watched or warned area. If you’re just outside the watch or warning area, you need to say, “hey, I’m just outside this area, and I better pay attention!”.
Tornado Watch Coming Soon…Could Be PDS Watch
A very bad situation is setting up in the moderate-risk area of Southeast Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, and Southwest Alabama. Multiple tornado warning polygons are in effect now in southern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana.
Moderate Risk Now Introduced for Southwestern Alabama
The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the southwestern parts of Alabama to a level 4/5 Moderate Risk for severe storms, which includes the extreme southwestern parts of Central Alabama along and south of a line from Livingston (Sumter Co.) to Linden (Marengo Co.).
Alabama NewsCenter — Helena Duncan named first Black CEO of the Business Council of Alabama
Helena Duncan came to the Business Council of Alabama in 2020 after a long career in the financial industry and recently was promoted to president and CEO.
Dual Threat Of Flooding And Strong/Severe Storms Today
RADAR CHECK: Rain is widespread over North and West Alabama early this morning around sunrise… there are a few embedded thunderstorms, but we don’t expect any severe weather issues this morning. This will be an active day for the state with the dual threat of heavy rain/flooding, and strong to severe thunderstorms.
