It’s been a beautiful day across Central Alabama. Once the sun burned away the low clouds, the mercury warmed quickly. It was 81F at Anniston, 83F at the Birmingham Airport, 85F at Calera and 86F at Tuscaloosa. Throw in a nice southerly breeze and it was quite balmy. Moisture levels are still relatively low, with […]
10:14 UPDATE The NWS Tulsa has posted a severe thunderstorm for Washington County, where Fayetteville is located. 10:08 UPDATE This storm is going to make me eat my words about it passing north of Fayetteville. ROtation has intensified about 18 miles west southwest of Fayetteville and a TVS has popped up. The storms has turned […]
Our intrepid local chasers Mike Wilhelm and John Brown hit the road this weekend to capture some Plains tornadoes. Caught up with Mike last night well after midnight. Several folks on our internal chat had been worried abotu them after the tornadoes clipped Wichita. Turns out they had been on that tornado family at its […]
Headlines on Sunday, April 15, 1956 talked about Democratic Presidential hopefuls Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver and their attacks on President Eisenhower’s foreign policy. Eisenhower still had a firm lead in recent polls that showed him a clear winner if he was to run against Kefauver. The U.N. Secretary General was in Lebanon working on […]
The latest edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme Video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme Video on iTunes by clicking here. What a stormy day it was across the Nation’s mid section yesterday. SPC’s storm report page showed over 120 reports of tornadoes. Fortunately it appears the […]
This week marked the 65th anniversary of one of the worst tornadoes in Oklahoma history. On April 9, 1947, 116 people died as one third of the town of Woodward was destroyed by a tornado. According to the NWS Norman, there are multiple reports of structural damage from an apparent tornado that struck the town […]
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.
