The following article is published by the Alabama Emergency Management Agency By Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist, Alabama Emergency Management Agency CLANTON – Tuesday, 7:30 am September 10, 2024 Hurricane Francine will make landfall on the Louisiana coast Wednesday afternoon or early evening as a Category 2 with sustained winds of 100 mph. The intensity will decrease…
Widespread Severe Thunderstorms Forecast Across Central Gulf Coast States As Wednesday morning dawns, a looming threat of severe weather casts a shadow over parts of the central Gulf Coast States. The forecast warns of potentially severe thunderstorms, including the risk of several tornadoes, with some possibly reaching strong EF2+ intensities, alongside widespread damaging winds. The…
As of the latest weather forecasts, an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms is anticipated on Friday afternoon into Friday evening across parts of East Central and Southeast Alabama, much of Central Georgia, and South Carolina into Southern North Carolina. Surrounded by a Slight Risk Area that extends from Mississippi to the Carolinas. Summary: Severe weather…
Potential Flash Flooding and Severe Thunderstorms Threaten the State Alabama residents are urged to stay weather-aware as a potent storm system approaches, bringing with it the potential for heavy rainfall, flooding, strong to damaging wind gusts, and a few Tornadoes. The severe weather is expected to impact the state late Saturday afternoon, persisting into the…
The South will see two more days of active Severe Weather threats. Today, Thursday, March 2, 2023, there is a very large area in the Severe weather outlook, with the possibility of Tornadoes, Hail, and Damaging Winds. This includes areas from Texas to West Tennessee and Mississippi. Some STRONG TORNADOES will be possible across the…
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a 15% or “Slight Risk” for Severe weather for this Thursday, February 16, 2023. However, large differences exist in the placement of a surface low early Thursday and its forecast evolution. As we get closer and once model variability decreases and confidence increases towards a particular scenario with the…
The Storm Prediction Center already has a large Severe Weather Outlook area across the South on Thursday, January 12, 2023. The main threat expected will be damaging winds, but a few brief Tornadoes could be possible across the area. Below is the latest information from The Storm Prediction Center …THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF…
“Enhanced Risk” area (darker orange area) has been added for the threat of Strong Tornadoes across east Texas, Louisiana, and Central & Southern Arkansas for Monday, January 2, 2023. All of Alabama will see the threat for Severe Weather on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. There will be a region of maximum shear and instability that…
Tuesday, November 29, 2022, will bring the chance of Severe weather across a large portion of the South. The Storm Prediction Center has mentioned the threat for Damaging Winds, Large Hail, Tornadoes, and some Long Track, Strong Tornadoes will be possible. The Outlook Risk Area has also been upgraded and expanded for tomorrow. The Storm…
There is the chance for a significant Severe weather outbreak this coming Tuesday, November 29, 2022 across parts of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and surrounding areas. Severe thunderstorms with wind damage and Tornadoes, along with some hail, will be possible from the Sabine River Valley and lower Mississippi Valley north-northeastward into the mid-Mississippi Valley on…
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/MID-SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES… SUMMARY Strong to Severe thunderstorms are expected from the Lower Mississippi Valley/Mid-South across the Southeast States on Tuesday. Damaging gusts will be the primary threat along the line, but strong veering low-level profiles could result in line-embedded/QLCS Tornadoes…
A multi-day Severe weather event will start today, Monday, April 11, 2022 and continue through Wednesday, April 13, 2022, across parts of the United States. A general summary covering all three days, there will be the chance for large to very large hail, damaging winds, Tornadoes, and Strong Tornadoes on each day, across the various…
A dip in the jet stream across the center of the country early next week is expected to bring a storm from Southern California into the southern States. AccuWeather Global Weather Center – April 1, 2022 – AccuWeather meteorologists expect April to follow in March’s footsteps as the table is set for another round of severe thunderstorms, including possible tornadoes, across…
AccuWeather Global Weather Center – March 27, 2022 – AccuWeather forecasters say the atmosphere over the southern United States is set to become primed for explosive weather in the days ahead. Residents in portions of the South still reeling from last week’s bout of destructive weather may find themselves in the path of Mother Nature’s wrath once again this…
The South will see the threat of Severe Weather on Monday, March 7, 2022. Damaging Winds and a few Tornadoes will be possible across the outlook area. This area includes all of Central and North Alabama. According to The Storm Prediction Center there will be a deep layer of shear that may develop over Alabama….
The Storm Prediction Center has increased the risk level for Saturday, New Years Day, to an Enhanced Risk (3 out of 5) for a large area across the South. According to the SPC there will be the risk for damaging winds, large hail, Tornadoes, and even a few long track Tornadoes. If you live anywhere…
The Storm Prediction Center has a very large area of the South in the outlook for Severe weather on Saturday. All forms of Severe weather will be possible, including damaging winds, large hail, and Tornadoes. Widespread thunderstorms are expected from the Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas to the Western Appalachians on New Year’s Day. All Severe-weather…
The Storm Prediction Center has placed a large area of the South under a risk of Severe Weather on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. The Severe Weather Outlook for Wednesday includes parts of AR, AL, TN, and MS. Severe Thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the Southeast into the Tennessee Valley on Wednesday and Wednesday night….
SEVERE WEATHER threat for the entire state of Alabama and Mississippi for today, Monday, August 30, 2021. The threat for a few Tornadoes, in association with Hurricane Ida, will persist through today, Monday August 30th, across portions of the Southeast U.S., where a tornado-driven Slight risk has been maintained. This threat will move eastward on…
Hurricane Ida is now a tropical depression, as of the 7 am update this morning, Ida was located over Southwestern Mississippi. The storm track with take the remnants of Ida through Mississippi and across the North Alabama and Tennessee. This system will bring locally heavy rainfall, with Flash Flood Watches already posted for most of…
The South will see the chance for Severe weather this Saturday, April 24, 2021 and then again on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, on the 10th Anniversary on the 2011 super outbreak. Plan on being weather alert this weekend and next Tuesday, if you live in the outlined areas. We are close enough to Saturday now…
Another dangerous weather day is possible this Thursday, March 25, 2021. Conditions will be MORE FAVORABLE to Tornadoes this Thursday, than on March 17, 2021. The Storm Prediction Center already has a large part of the Southeast under the risk for Severe Weather tomorrow and we could see that upgraded to a HIGH RISK. This…
As everyone by now is tired of Severe Weather, there is yet another chance this Saturday, April 25, 2020. The Storm Prediction Center has a “Marginal Risk” for Severe Weather covering parts of Northern Alabama, Georgia, Eastern Tennessee, and into the Carolina’s. There will be enough shear to help produce updrafts on Saturday, leading to…
Another “Major TORNADO” outbreak is possible, this Thursday, April 23, 2020, across the South. Currently, models are showing the possibility of a significant Severe Weather Outbreak this Thursday, including the chance for VIOLENT STRONG LONG TRACK TORNADOES again. As of today, The Storm Prediction Center already has a large portion of the South in an…
Severe Weather is forecast for the South, again this Sunday. Current models show the outlook area for the highest threat of Severe Weather will cover Central and Southern Alabama. The threat extends from Eastern Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, The Florida Panhandle, and South Carolina. The Storm Prediction Center says all forms of Severe…
Here are some of the initial storm reports turned into the Huntsville National Weather Service Office. There will be many more, but these are initial reports. Damage and Flooding Reports from Dekalb County, Al. Pond near Dogtown reported to have water coming over dam threatening to wash out with small trailer lot with about 13…
Easter is approaching and so is a high threat for SEVERE Weather on Easter Sunday. Currently, The Storm Prediction Center has a very large area of the South under the risk for Severe Weather on Sunday. People usually ask, will this be like April 27, 2011? Don’t get caught up in comparing severe weather events…
This is an article from the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. By Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist, Alabama Emergency Management AgencyCLANTON – Thursday, 10 am, April 9, 2020 The words possible “severe weather outbreak” are being used to describe the unfolding event for Sunday afternoon into early Monday morning. In the map above, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC)…
There is an enhanced risk for severe weather across parts of the mid-Mississippi valley today, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, into the lower Ohio and Tennessee valleys overnight tonight. The primary threats will be large hail (some very large) and damaging winds (some significant). In addition, a few Tornadoes cannot be ruled out. Cities within the…
A major Severe Weather Event is setting up for today, Saturday, March 28, 2020. If you live anywhere in any of the outlined areas, remain weather alert today and tonight. There is the risk of Tornadoes, Hail, and Damaging Winds in these areas. Information from The Storm Prediction Center: “Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes will be…
A significant severe weather event is possible tomorrow afternoon/evening in far eastern Iowa, Northern Illinois, and far northwest Indiana. All severe weather hazards are possible including large hail (some very large 2+”), damaging wind, and tornadoes (some significant). Anyone who lives within the risk area, particularly the red “moderate risk” area, including the cities of…
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS, AN ENHANCED RISK AREA SURROUNDING THAT AND THEN A LARGE SLIGHT RISK AREA THAT EXTENDS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. The Storm Prediction Center says a significant Severe Weather Outbreak is possible for portions of the middle Mississippi Valley on Saturday. …
SEVERE Weather will be possible across parts of the South on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. There will be possibly be two separate rounds of Severe Weather, one in the morning and one in the afternoon/evening hours. On Tuesday morning there will be the chance for thunderstorms and some of those storms could become Severe, producing…
The Storm Prediction Center has a large portion of the South in an outlook for Severe Weather on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The yellow are is for a “Slight Risk” (2 out of 5) and that area is surrounded by a dark green area, which is for a “Marginal Risk” (1 out of 5), for…
The State of Alabama’s Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday will be this weekend and run from 12:00 AM (midnight) Friday, February 21st until 12:00 AM (midnight) Sunday, February 23rd, 2020. This tax holiday will allow shoppers stock up on items needed to prepare for weather emergencies, tax-free. Here are a few of the items included, but not a…
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FEBRUARY 11, 2020 With the ground already saturated from recent heavy rains this past week, many flood warnings are still active still today. More heavy rain is forecast for Monday and Tuesday and then SEVERE Weather is forecast for Wednesday. Wednesday could see a Tornado Outbreak across the…
We are 4 days out and The Storm Prediction Center has already issued a Severe Weather Outlook for Wednesday, for a large area across the South. This Severe Weather event brings the chance for Supercell Thunderstorms and a Severe Squall line of thunderstorms. This setup will bring the threat for Tornadoes, some could be long…
As the South will see a warming trend the first part of this week, with high temperatures climbing into the mid 60’s, models are showing a chance for Severe weather across the South. Severe weather will be possible starting on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in parts of eastern Texas, Louisiana, western Mississippi, and Arkansas. Then…
Northeast Alabama made it through the severe storms today, better than other counties in the state. There were 3 fatalities reported in Pickens County, Al. Widespread damage was reported across Alabama today, from trees blown down, power being out for thousands of customers across the state, to structural damage. Although Dekalb and Jackson Counties were…
The South has an “Enhanced Risk” for Severe Weather on Saturday, January 11, 2020. This could be a significant Severe Weather Event. Tornadoes and strong Tornadoes will be possible across the risk area, along with Damaging Winds. Plan now for your shelter location on Saturday. Check with your local EMA office to see where local…
Christmas and New Year’s Day are just behind us and we are barley entering the new year and it’s January. The last thing of most people’s mind is Severe Weather this time of year. Just because it is January, do not let your guard down. Severe Weather is possible this weekend. Right now, models are…
…SUMMARY… There will be a risk of damaging winds, hail, and some Tornadoes across the South on Monday. Isolated to scattered Severe storms are expected Monday into Monday night from far eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley and much of Mississippi and Alabama. Damaging wind gusts, a few tornadoes and isolated hail are all…
We are entering our Fall, or secondary, severe weather season and Monday will be a prime example of the chance for Fall severe weather. A strong cold front will move through the South on Monday/Monday night, bringing rain, thunderstorms, and the chance for Severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center already has a large area of…
Although, severe weather can happen during any time of year, there are two distinct peak times of the year we experience severe weather: Spring and Fall. The primary severe weather season across the southeastern part of the United States is Spring time, during the change of seasons, from cold weather to warmer weather. This usually…
It is difficult to make an exact forecast or prediction for Severe weather, five days out. But there is enough evidence in the current models for the Storm Prediction Center to go ahead and put out the following information. It is to far out, right now, to do a prediction for Thursday, May 9, 2019,…
Severe Weather is forecast for a large area across the Southern United States tomorrow, Thursday April 18, 2019. All modesof severe weather will be possible, with the highest threat for tornadoes in the “Enhanced Risk” area (3 out of 5), which also could see a few long track, strong Tornadoes. Surrounding the “Enhanced Risk” area…
First, click on the image for a larger view. This is a preliminary report put together from the Storm Prediction Center, put together from reports and surveys from National Weather Service Office’s across the area. This map could be updated as more surveys are completed. This map shows the Severe Weather Outlook areas that were…
Thursday, April 18, 2019 Severe Weather – Northern Alabama escaped the Severe Weather event from last night, but other places to our South and West did not. Remember, any time The Storm Prediction Center puts out a Severe Weather Outlook for a large area, that means conditions are favorable within that area for severe weather…
NORTH ALABAMA SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE I know we have a lot of people that follow us outside of the North Alabama area, please refer to earlier Severe Weather post for information. This update is specially for North Alabama. Timing and duration: West of I-65: 11 PM – 5 AM East of I-65: 3 AM –…
SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE FOR TODAY & SUNDAY… To put this in the simplest way…click on each map for a closer view. If you are in these colored areas for today/tonight/tomorrow: Yellow area”Slight Risk” = BAD Orange area “Enhanced Risk” = REALLY BAD RED area “MODERATE RISK” = REALLY, REALLY, BAD TAKE THIS EVENT SERIOUSLY AND…
SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE FOR SATURDAY APRIL 12, 2019 (See second post for Sunday update) The Storm Prediction Center has made some upgrades to this weekends Severe Weather Event. For Saturday, April 13, 2019, The SPC now has increased the risk level to “Moderate Risk” (4 out of 5) for parts of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi….
The chance for Severe Weather will start on Saturday, across the deep South. Summary of what to expect on Saturday… From the Storm Prediction Center: On Saturday numerous severe thunderstorms are expected across portions of east Texas, Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and Mississippi Saturday and Saturday night. A vigorous mid-level trough initially over west Texas will…
Spring time in the South brings the risk of Severe Weather seemly on a weekly basis. People sometimes get complacent because we see these events forecast so often during this time of the year. Often times these events do not always pan out and produce severe weather in many areas and this causes people to…
On this date, 45 years ago, this country saw the one of the most devastating natural disasters to ever occur. At that time, April 3rd & 4th, 1974 would come to be known as the largest Tornado outbreak to occur in the United States. This weather event, known as the 1974 Super Outbreak, produced 147…
Severe Weather will be possible across parts of the South on Thursday. Although, Alabama is not in the direct cross hairs of this Severe Weather event, our neighbors to the west will be. At this time, The Storm Prediction Center has a large area of the Lower Mississippi Valley under a “Slight Risk” (2 out…
Another Severe Weather setup for today, over a large part of the United States, from the Great Lakes to the Deep South. Currently a deep surface low is moving over the Great Lakes area and is pulling a cold front behind it that stretches to the Gulf Coast. The ingredients for severe weather will be…
With the arrival of Spring time, contrasting weather patterns, moving from cold to warmer weather, sets up a battle that produces severe weather across the southern part of the United States. Thursday, March 14, 2019 will be no exception. The Storm Prediction Center, in Norman, OK., already has a large area, of the South, under…
Here is the final Severe Weather outlook for today. The Storm Prediction Center has once again shifted the Outlook area. The “Enhanced Risk” now includes northwestern Alabama, a larger portion of Tennessee, and all of northern Mississippi. The “Slight Risk” covers over into north central Alabama. Wind profiles indicate the possibility for supercells with Tornadoes…
Although we are still four days out, early indications from ” The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK.” are showing Severe Weather for Sunday, March 3, 2019, across the South. All of northern and central Alabama, the entire state of Mississippi, parts of Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas are included. Models are indicating all modes of…
The National Weather Service has issued Tornado Watch 6 in effect until 10 PM CST this evening for the following areas in Alabama. This watch includes 9 counties in north central Alabama: Cullman, Limestone, Madison, and Morgan. In northeast Alabama: Marshall. In northwest Alabama: Colbert, Franklin, Al., Lauderdale, and Lawrence. Tennessee this watch includes 2…
A significant SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK, including the threat for Strong Tornadoes, appears likely over Southeastern U.S. on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Areas affected include Eastern Arkansas and Mississippi on Saturday afternoon. Then North Alabama and central Kentucky/Tennessee evening/late night. Supercell thunderstorms could start as early as midday in southeastern/eastern AR, with multiple Supercell thunderstorms developing…
The Huntsville, Al. National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Northern Alabama, effective Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 6:00 AM through late Thursday night, February 21, 2019. …FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS…
