These are very rare in summer in Alabama… BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 311 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA… * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 306 […]
I had a very touching visit today to Pleasant Grove Elementary. Many of the kids there have lost their homes, and are still sporting cuts and bruises from their wounds from the April 27 EF-4 tornado. Some told stories of being airborne in the tornado. Their art work I think best sums up their feelings…
Even from 438 miles above the Earth, you can tell that something very significant happened around Tuscaloosa and Birmingham April 27th. For the first time, an energy-sensing instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft has been used to identify tracks left by the devastating tornado that tore through central Alabama. Here’s what the damage path looks like […]
Thanks to Kimberly Madison of 95.3 “The Bear” for forwarding this image to us. This photo is from the UPS driver — under the 31st Street Bridge overpass at I-359. The UPS truck is the damaged vehicle depicted in the far right of the photo. UPS Driver is Jimmy Jones, seen in the video below […]
I posted some images last night concerning the children that are victims of this tragedy… I took this picture below near Cordova yesterday… So many kids are homeless, orphaned, or both. The Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Ministries (ABCH) is stepping up to help the kids. Their five primary location will serve as drop […]
Please remember the children. Many kids are orphaned, and homeless. I met many children today in Walker County; the parents of these kids survived, but they do not have a home. Fortunately, they are able to stay with relatives or in other places nearby. But, many children are not as lucky. The guy in the […]
I came across this fellow in Pleasant Grove this evening; he lost everything, but was so happy to find his dog alive buried under the rubble of his home this afternoon.
Amazing story here… a suitcase (not a paper or book!) from Tuscaloosa was found by a family in the Virginia Mines community in western Jefferson County… the suitcase was aloft for almost 50 miles.
My long time associate and ABC 33/40 Chief Photographer Bill Castle just landed from flying the track of the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham tornado. He has seen it all over the years, and just told me this looked much worse that the April 8, 1998 EF-5 along the path. The tornado never lifted along the path he flew […]
We just received this message at 7:10 this morning; a reminder that search and rescue operations are still in progress this morning. There is so much work to do. “I am writing to because so many of my friends and family in my hometown of Pleasant Grove are unable to communicate with no power and […]
Lots of tornado damage reported at Lambert Field with minor injuries… below is the velocity image as the storm passed over the Airport…
This video was taken by Lauren McCullough at Logan’s Roadhouse off Skyland on Friday 4/15. The NWS rated this tornado today an EF-3, due to the damage near the Black Warrior River around Maxwell Loop road.
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.
