Aiming To Prepare, Not To Scare
Eyes turn to the Gulf of Mexico where Tropical Storm Idalia is rapidly strengthening and expected to become a Hurricane within the next couple of hours. Dangerous storm surge and flooding conditions are expected by Wednesday on the Gulf Coast. Interests heading to the Gulf need to take this situation seriously, and heed any Watches…
After a break from the heat last week, it’s coming back. Heat index values will climb up until the triple digits, and peak near 110 by mid-week! Heat Advisories are already posted for many Alabama counties and more are expected to be issued.
Cullman NOAA Weather Radio transmitter is offline for those listening in north-central Alabama. You will need to tune to a new station to receive warnings and the latest weather information: NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards transmitter WWF-66 operating on a frequency of 162.450 MHz will be off the air until further notice. You can tune…
Twitter has recently implemented changes to its API and we’re starting to see the full effect of them. For those of you that don’t know, a lot of our Twitter accounts have (or, had) automation set up from services such as weather.im or Weather Message – which broke about a month ago. We reverted to…
Temperatures will rise into the 100’s Thursday afternoon. The combination of these temperatures with humidity values will make the feel like temperatures, or heat indicies, reach the mid 100 mark. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories are in place for a large portion of our Coverage Zones as a result. These are upgrades from the…
As the week moves along, so will the temperatures. Heat indices are expected to reach the mid-upper 100s on Thursday. As such, an Excessive Heat Watch is in effect for areas along and west of Interstate 65.
A Slight Risk (Level 2/5) has been put in place by the Storm Prediction Center for much of Alabama on Sunday, June 25th. Multiple rounds of strong-severe storms are expected in the late morning on Sunday then again Sunday night into the overnight hours. Damaging winds and large hail will be the main threats. …OH…
SUMMARY: Windy conditions will develop today ahead of an approaching line of strong to severe thunderstorms. The line is expected to reach the MS/AL state line between 10-11 pm tonight and exit into Georgia between 3 and 7 AM Saturday morning
SUMMARY: We have been highlighted in a Level 3/5 Risk for severe thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday morning. The hazards include damaging winds, tornadoes, large hail, and flash flooding. AREAS AFFECTED: All of our Coverage Zones of north and central Alabama. TIMING: 10:00 PM Friday until 3:00 AM Saturday POTENTIAL HAZARDS | RISK | CONFIDENCE…
SUMMARY: Non-thunderstorm winds of 40-50 MPH are expected Friday morning ahead of a line of thunderstorms. The line is expected to cross the state line during the late morning hours on Friday. HAZARDS: Non-thunderstorm winds of 40-50 MPH, with higher gusts. Severe thunderstorms are also possible with the same damaging wind gust potential and a…