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Major Severe Weather Threat Later Today

Major Severe Weather Threat Later Today

| March 2, 2012 @ 6:14 am

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. As always… I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch the Weather Xtreme video, which has all […]

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Major Severe Weather Threat Late Tomorrow

Major Severe Weather Threat Late Tomorrow

| March 1, 2012 @ 3:36 pm

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. SEE THE VIDEO: On days like this, ahead of a significant weather event, I always enourage you to take […]

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Major Severe Weather Threat For Alabama

Major Severe Weather Threat For Alabama

| April 26, 2011 @ 3:39 pm | 28 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. WATCH THE VIDEO: It is usually easier for us to describe major weather events using graphics, that is why […]

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Two Day Severe Weather Threat Ahead

Two Day Severe Weather Threat Ahead

| April 26, 2011 @ 6:05 am | 16 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. STORMS OF APRIL: I was a child of the 1970s… living through those remarkable spring tornado seasons is one […]

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Long Duration Severe Weather Threat Ahead

Long Duration Severe Weather Threat Ahead

| April 15, 2011 @ 6:03 am | 35 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. LONG DAY AHEAD: This is going to be a long day of severe weather watches and warnings… if you […]

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Quick Peek

Quick Peek

| April 14, 2011 @ 11:12 pm | 8 Replies

Wow… below is the new 00Z NAM STP (Significant Tornado Parameter) output valid at 10:00 p.m. tomorrow… Seems like the 00Z runs are trending slower and more aggressive with severe weather parameters. Will have full discussion and a new Weather Xtreme video by 6:30 a.m….

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Storms Explode To The West

Storms Explode To The West

| April 14, 2011 @ 5:08 pm | 16 Replies

See the radar from Tulsa… this sure doesn’t bode well for Alabama tomorrow. Multiple severe storms along the dryline, and most all of them are capable of producing tornadoes. See all of the tornado warnings…

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Eyes To The West

Eyes To The West

| April 14, 2011 @ 3:39 pm | 60 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. THIS AFTERNOON: The sky is mostly sunny across Alabama this afternoon with temperatures in the upper 70s to near […]

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At Midday

At Midday

| April 14, 2011 @ 11:50 am | 32 Replies

Here is the updated Day One convective outlook for the rest of this afternoon and tonight… It will be interesting to see how the radars light up later today across the moderate risk area. Might give us a preview of what to expect around here tomorrow. A quick peek at the 12Z models still shows […]

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Storms Get Closer

Storms Get Closer

| April 11, 2011 @ 2:58 pm | Reply

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. THIS AFTERNOON: It is a warm and windy day across Alabama, with gusts over 30 mph at times on […]

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Severe Weather Potential

Severe Weather Potential

| April 11, 2011 @ 11:33 am | 7 Replies

Time to peg the weather geek meter… but the bottom line remains that the primary severe weather will be from strong straight line winds along a squall line that will pass through Alabama tonight. The main severe weather threat will be begin over Northwest Alabama around 3-5 p.m… reaching Tuscaloosa/Birmingham/Gadsden around 6-8 p.m… and then […]

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Tornado Watch Expected For NW Alabama Soon

Tornado Watch Expected For NW Alabama Soon

| April 11, 2011 @ 9:03 am | 3 Replies

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0409 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0858 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011 AREAS AFFECTED…WRN AND CENTRAL KY….WRN AND MIDDLE TN…NRN MS…AND SERN AR CONCERNING…SEVERE POTENTIAL…TORNADO WATCH LIKELY VALID 111358Z – 111500Z A TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING ACROSS WRN/CENTRAL KY SWWD THROUGH WRN-MIDDLE TN TO NRN MS/SERN AR. […]

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Early Afternoon Look…

Early Afternoon Look…

| April 4, 2011 @ 1:02 pm | 5 Replies

The line of severe storms is moving very quickly… it will be into Northwest Alabama shortly… A few tornado warnings have been issued by the NWS Memphis for southern Tennessee for the possibility of spin-ups along the line, but damaging straight line wind remains the biggest threat. The air is moderately unstable across Alabama, with […]

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Severe Weather Watch Coming Soon

Severe Weather Watch Coming Soon

| April 4, 2011 @ 10:34 am | 1 Reply

Below is a mesoscale update from SPC… I expect the first watch for Northwest Alabama to be a tornado watch, but later in the day as the storms consolidate into a single squall line, the risk will be mainly from damaging straight line winds… And, below is the surface based CAPE, or instability… values over […]

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