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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Quiet Start to Severe Weather Season

Quiet Start to Severe Weather Season

Graphic courtesy of Sciencenews.org Thus far, the Spring severe weather season has been relatively quiet in Alabama. Don't let that cause you to let your guard down, however. A new study by Greg Carbin of the SPC illustrates that "making a prediction of tornado activity in May, …

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

A Dry, Quiet April

A Dry, Quiet April

NOAA Aviation Weather Center Water Vapor ImageAlabama has now gone seven days without any rainfall, much less severe weather, here in the middle of April. There is a slight chance for a brief shower Saturday, but that will amount to little, if anything. It now looks like we very…

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Friday, April 9, 2010

Boring, But Nice Weather.....

I am issuing a "BWW" or "Boring Weather Warning" for the State of Alabama for the next seven days. Actually the weather will be quite nice, with highs in the 70's and 80's. We may see our last frost of the season tonight, but other than that the weather will be dry and pleasant.…

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Decatur, AL Rainbow, 3/25/10

Decatur, AL Rainbow, 3/25/10

Awesome rainbow picture taken by my co-worker, Whitney Weatherford.I was out looking at storms, so I missed this one. Thanks to Whitney for capturing it and allowing me to share it!...

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

April 1, 1974 Alabama Killer Tornadoes

April 1, 1974 Alabama Killer Tornadoes

4/2/74 Huntsville Times Path of 4/1/1974 Huntsville, AL F3 (Map by Tornado History Project) On April 1, 1974, an intense low pressure system formed over the Plains and moved eastward toward the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Combined with a large mass of moist air, several tornad…

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

I Was Called a Weather Weenie....

I Was Called a Weather Weenie....

First and foremost, in this week's WeatherBrains netcast, listen to J.B. Elliott's "Miss Kitty" story! On a personal note, it was quite an honor to be mentioned by James Spann, Dr. Tim Coleman, J.B. Elliott, Kevin Selle, and Bill Murray toward the end of this week's (3/30/10) We…

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Severe Weather Time Lapse - 3/25/10

The NWS HUN storm survey rated the Morgan County tornado EF1:0540 PM TORNADO 8 W FALKVILLE 34.38N 87.05W03/25/2010 F1 MORGAN AL NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF MASSEY WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 3 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTI…

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Friday, March 26, 2010

3/25/10 Morgan and Cullman Storms

3/25/10 Morgan and Cullman Storms

Looking Northwest of Falkville in Morgan CountyI will post more later, but here is a sample of what I saw yesterday.More to come......

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Friday, March 26, 2010

NWS BHM Storm Surveys

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL1208 PM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010 ...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SHELBY COUNTY... SURVEY TEAMS HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE DAY. RESULTS WILLBE EVALUATED AND A REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IFADDI…

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