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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Stormy Skies and a Monster

Stormy Skies and a Monster

4:085:245:245:46There were lots of cool clouds on Tuesday. Some of the best shelf cloud images were taken. I missed those but here are a few shots of what I saw on my way from Decatur to Huntsville. Oh, and what about that radar capture?...

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Stormy Skies Continue

Stormy Skies Continue

11:5911:58My girlfriend Cathy took this photo of the Morgan County storms on her cell phone, looking southwest from near the Huntsville International Airport....

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Looking away from Alabama for weather...

There has not been a lot going on in the weather department lately in Alabama during the first week of August, so we will visit Taiwan.Stu Ostro posted an amazing video of water runoff resulting from the tremendous rains spawned by Typhoon Morakot in ChiaYi, Taiwan. Here is a ra…

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 642 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 540 PM CDT THU JUL 30 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA PARTS OF SOUTH…

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Severe Weather Possible

Severe Weather Possible

3:45 PM Columbus NexradSevere weather, including a few isolated tornadoes is possible across Mississippi and Alabama this evening. Stay tuned to the weather.

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Strong Storms...

Strong Storms...

There were several strong to severe storms in Alabama this afternoon and evening. My son Joe and I photographed a few of them near West Pont in Cullman County around 6:30 p.m....

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Lightning!

Lightning!

I received this stunning picture from Betsy Sharp of WAY-FM in Huntsville. It was taken by her friend, Denise Durflinger, early this morning near Spokane, Washington....

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Rain is on the way....

Rain is on the way....

6:41 amAs models have been showing for a while now, an unusually high amount of non-tropical rain (for late July) will be moving across the Deep South today and perhaps much of this week. Many areas will see several inches of rain.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Storms on the way

Storms on the way

4:01 PM3:43 PMThe SPC has placed much of Alabama under a slight risk for severe weather and there have been a few tornado warnings to our west. SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS343 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009MSC025-105-282115-/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0091.000000T000…

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Radar Anomalies

Radar Anomalies

On July 9, 2009, I posed a question regarding what caused the above radar "spike" feature.On July 10, 2009, I posted an answer that Bill Murray of the netcast "Weatherbrains" was able to find by speaking with a representative of the NWS Billings, Montana.Thanks to Bill for diggi…

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