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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Discussion NWS Huntsville

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1145 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 .UPDATE...TO UPGRADE TO HIGH WIND WARNING AND 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... POTENT UPPER TROF IS DEEPENING OVER N TX WITH THE FIRST OF TWO DRY SLOTS IDENTIFIED ON W…

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

High Wind Warning - NWS Huntsville

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL954 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…RUSSELLVILLE…MOULTON…

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

New Discussion From SPC

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2285 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0114 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/SRN MS...FAR SERN LA AND FAR SWRN AL CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 808... VALID 241914Z - 242015Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 808 CONTINUES. EARLY AF…

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

NWS Huntsville Watches/Warnings/Advisories for North Alabama

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON... LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL... MORGAN. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT …

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Squall Line

Squall Line

At 7:50 the squall line extends from just west of Florence - Russelville - Phil Campbell - Hayleyville - Nauvoo - Parish - to Vance. Highest winds seem to be moving through northern Walker and western Winston counties.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Indoor Temperature Preferences

I conducted an unscientific survey of preferred indoor temperatures on my personal Facebook page. The numbers show that the overall average daytime indoor preference among the 35 participants was approximately 70.21. The 19 females averaged 70.45 and the 16 males averaged 69.94.…

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Cleveland Snowman

Cleveland Snowman

Many thanks to my friend Julie Hill for this picture. They had to scrape Frosty together out of a meager 2-3 inches of snow. Better than the big fat ZERO here in Alabama.Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Wet 2009 in Huntsville

From Jason Elliott with the NWS Huntsville......PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL933 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009...HUNTSVILLE CRACKS THE TOP TEN WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD...THE LATEST ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN...WHICH AFFECTED HUNTSVILLEYESTERDAY...BROUGHT TH…

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Cold and Wet in Alabama, Winter Storm in the Appalachians

Cold and Wet in Alabama, Winter Storm in the Appalachians

9:00 a.m. radar/map from WeatherUnderground. Temperatures across North Alabama range from 36 to 43 as of 9 a.m. Moderate to heavy rain is falling across the area. If temperatures were 5-10 degrees colder at the surface we would be experiencing an ice storm of historic proportion…

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Cullman Rainbow

Cullman Rainbow

David Wilhelm took this photo with his phone on Golf Course Road in South Cullman at 4:21 p.m. This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.veriz…

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