**Just added the images below from Jim and Alicia Hammonds, who wrote: “James, We live at 901 Coosa River Road in Deatsville, or 7.3 miles east-northeast of the Autuaga County tornado touchdown last night. Attached is a pic of items found just in our yard. Our neighbors have picked up a lot of debris as […]
Thanks to Leah Odeneal for this image…. this is where three people lost their life in the Vinegar Bend bend community in Washington County, between Chatom and Citronelle…
Thanks to Keith Owens for this image… he writes… “James, Attached is a picture of a massive Tornado outside one our Fred’s locations in Clinton, MS. Thankful everyone is ok, but the tornado was unbelievable!!!!!”
It was a day that defined our TV station, and to some degree, my career. Our policy of aggressive, long form coverage during tornado warnings was relatively new since ABC 33/40 had been on the air for less than two years. The deal was that we go on the air, and stay on the air […]
This video was taken during the tornadic thunderstorm that moved through Lakeland, Florida today. Thanks to James Hulgan for passing this video along…
A horrible tornado tragedy. Twenty people were killed at the Goshen United Methodist Church near Piedmont during the worship service that Palm Sunday morning, including 10 children. See the story with this ABC 33/40 special, which aired in 2004.
Very interesting security camera video from Alexander Hardware & Small Engine in Theodore. Sure seems like the employees were not aware there was a tornado warning in effect for that part of Mobile County yesterday morning. Another reminder every business needs a NOAA Weather Radio so you won’t miss warnings like this. Very fortunate nobody […]
Tornadoes touched down this morning in Mobile and Baldwin Counties… we just received this note on the Theodore tornado from the NWS Mobile: “The damage in Theodore was an EF-2 tornado with winds 120 mph. The path of the tornado was approximately 1 mile and the maximum width was 150 yards.” This shot below is […]
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. THIS MORNING: Things are very balmy across Alabama this morning, but rather quiet at 5:00 a.m. Temperatures are in […]
From the NWS in Birmingham… 265 NOUS44 KBMX 260154 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-262359- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 754 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 …NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY NIGHT INCLUDING AN EF-0 TORNADO IN HACKLEBURG… ON THE EVENING OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, A SQUALL LINE PASSED THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA CAUSING NUMEROUS […]
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. STORM ALERT 2011: Our severe weather awareness show IS on tonight… we will be at Lincoln High School in […]
Here is the new Day One Convective Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center… Pretty much all of Alabama is in the outlook… the standard slight risk. Despite the lack of surface based instability, we will have the risk of severe weather from about 3:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. The main risk will be from damaging […]
A damaging tornado is on the ground near Rolla MO at this time. Initial reports are that there are multiple homes destroyed and cars thrown. Damage was reported on Fort Hood. This storm is about a little less than 100 miles southwest of St. Louis. It could affect the city around noon. Here is a […]
It was like it happened yesterday. A warm balmy day, nine days before Christmas in 2000. The account below is from Bill Murray. December 16, 2000 was a Saturday. We were finishing up our Christmas shopping, as were a lot of folks. There was a threat of severe weather, with the Storm Prediction Center issuing […]
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.
