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Significant Tornado Parameter, NAM, Valid 9 p.m. ThursdayDuring the past 24 hours there has been quite a bit of talk about the "Significant Tornado Parameter" (STP) index. Understandably, ever since the tragedy of April 27, 2011, residents of Alabama are as concerned about sever…
When I post pictures to my Twitter account, my Facebook weather page, this blog, or wherever, I rarely do any editing of the photographs. At most I occasionally crop the picture, but that's it. What you see is how my camera "saw" it. Recently, my friend Rick Lipscomb did some ed…
Wow, what a crazy Sunday, Sunday night, and Monday morning.I woke up to go to the early service at church because I wanted to come home, take care of some things, and get a good nap before chasing Sunday night. When I got out of church I had a message from Jason Simpson, the new…
I took these photos of cloud to ground lightning as a line of storms approached Huntsville between 5 and 6 a.m. this morning. North Alabama was actually under Tornado Watch #2, but the line of storms produced no severe weather whatsoever in the Tennessee Valley. There were a few…
UAH Armor Radar Rainfall EstimateThe photos above were taken by my neighbor, LeeAnn Reid, this morning around 11:30. This is the creek that runs off Monte Sano between our homes in Northeast Huntsville. It was probably running higher before she took the pictures. That is the hig…
Douglas L. Davis of the National Weather Service HuntsvillePhoto credit: Huntsville Magazine, Winter 1975Tom Ward of the National Weather Service HuntsvillePhoto credit: Huntsville Magazine, Winter 1975For many years the National Weather Service in Huntsville requested a NOAA We…
8:47 a.m., 11/16/11, Decatur, Alabama (Taken on my Droid phone)8:50 a.m., 11/16/11, Decatur, AlabamaThere were several reports of severe weather across Alabama today. Preliminary reports of possible tornadoes are coming in from Central and South Alabama. In North Alabama, report…
12:22 Columbus NexradLightning photo taken at Oak Park in NE Huntsville, Alabama at 12:21 a.m. 9/15/11....
If you live in North Alabama and have in interest in the weather, or have children interested in science, consider attending the secon annual Rocket City Weather Fest this Saturday, September 17, 2011 at UA Huntsville's Shelby Hall from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.The event is free and …
2:10 p.m. 8/16/85 Jasper, Alabama tornado. Photo taken by Douglas Pearson of the Daily Mountain Eagle newspaper. Source: Obsevations of the Hurricane Danny Tornado Outbreak of 16 August 1985, by Eugene McCaul, Jr. 4:37 p.m. 8/16/85 Redstone Arsenal Airfield tornado, Huntsville, …