The NWS is upgrading Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Pickens Counties from a Freezing Rain Advisory to a Winter Storm Warning. Numerous reports of freezing rain and sleet accumulating across Northwest and West Central Alabama and more precipitation upstream to the southwest moving into an airmass that is getting colder by the hour will result in accumulations […]
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. MUST BE MARCH IN ALABAMA: Montgomery has soared to 80 degrees this afternoon, at the time NWS offices in […]
Here is a look at the new warnings/advisories… Heaviest ice accumulation will be in the winter storm warning area, north of a line from Millport to Oneonta to Fort Payne. Icy travel is possible down in the freezing rain advisory, as far south as a line from Livingston to Calera to Anniston. Is is possible […]
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today; having to spend most of my time dealing with TV!** WINTER STORM WARNING: NWS offices in Birmingham and Huntsville have issued winter storm warnings for much of North and down into Central Alabama. Winter storm warnings are up for Birmingham, Anniston, Gadsden, and Tuscaloosa. We should note a winter […]
Well, it didn’t take long for a change to come along. Here is the map of Central Alabama which has been updated for the winter storm warning upgrade from the National Weather Service in Birmingham. The text of the warning is shown below. -Brian- WWUS44 KBMX 241942 WSWBMX URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER […]
The National Weather Service in Huntsville, AL, has upgraded their winter storm watch to a warning. Here’s the latest map showing the winter storm watch for Central Alabama and the winter storm warning for the Tennessee Valley counties. And here’s the text of the warning from Huntsville. Additional changes are likely to be coming out, […]
**I will begin producing the Weather Xtreme video tomorrow; holding production again today so we can get text products out quickly and do social media response** MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT ALABAMA: The forecast is on track from yesterday, and there is no real need for much modification today. A cold rain has been falling […]
As expected, the National Weather Service has upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning for tonight. All counties there were under the previous Winter Weather Advisory have now been upgraded to the warning. This includes areas along and north of the Interstate 20 corridor and the cities of Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Anniston. All counties outlined in the […]
The National Weather Service is currently deciding whether or not to upgrade the Winter Weather Advisory for Central Alabama to a Winter Storm Warning. They have also expressed interest in expanding a Winter Weather Advisory to the south one row of counties. This would most likely include Shelby, Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Bibb, Greene, and Hale […]
The NWS has extended the area covered by the Winter Storm Warning to include: Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega through 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. The following counties continue under the Winter Storm Warning as well: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, […]
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. SNOW AHEAD FOR ALABAMA: Sure looks like a good general 1-2 inch snow for much of North and Central […]
The National Weather Service Huntsville has upgraded the winter weather advisory for Cullman, Marshall and DeKalb Counties to a winter storm warning until noon Friday. There is 2-3 inches of snow in parts of this area already and another 2 inches could fall across parts of Winston, Cullman, Blount, Marshall, and Etowah Counties overnight. Roads […]
Someone asked why Birmingham and Jefferson County aren’t in the Ice Storm Warning. Really, they are equivalent in seriousness. The ice storm warning focuses on one phenomenon – icing. The winter storm warning covers multiple phenomena – snow and icing. The winter storm warning indicates that there still will be significant snow accumulations in that […]
NOAA Weatheradios all over Central Alabama sounded recently as the NWS has upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm Warning. It comes in two parts… The first part covers the northern half of Central Alabama starting at noon Sunday. It is for 2-6 inches of snow starting Sunday afternoon. The snow will likely […]
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