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Severe Thunderstorm Watch Kenny Evans @ 12:42 pm

The Storm Prediction Center has placed all of northern and most of central Alabama under a severe thunderstorm watch. This watch goes into effect from the current time until 7:00PM Central Daylight Time tonight. The main threats will be strong winds and large hail. In addition to these threats, very dangerous lightning will be associated with any storm that develops severe or not.

TS Cristobal & another on the way? Kenny Evans @ 10:07 pm

TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032008 1100 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...CRISTOBAL PARALLELING THE COAST... AT 11 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTHWARD. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.5 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES... 70 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 170 MILES...270 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. A CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE PARALLEL AND VERY CLOSE TO THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2-3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW. REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...33.4 N...77.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 AM EDT.

Talladega County Damage: Mill Village Area Brett Adair @ 10:16 pm

Below are a few pictures of the storm damage that occurred this evening from a severe storm near the Mignon area of Sylacauga on Pell City Ave. and Twin Street.  A church sustained some damage with a visible hole in the roof and water leaking in due to a large tree falling.  Eric Parker and myself intercepted the northern end of this storm near Winterboro and measured near 45 mph winds along the outflow along with some small hail.  Click the images below for a larger view.  All of this was aired LIVE this afternoon on Alabamaweather.org

Severe Storms possible today Kenny Evans @ 10:54 am

The Storm Prediction Center has  placed most of Alabama under a slight risk for severe storms for this afternoon and evening. The best chance for severe storms will be between noon and 9pm. Currently the SPC has placed south AL under a severe thunder storm watch, effective until 6PM. The threat from any severe storms in Alabama today would be hail to the size of 1.5″ and wind gusts up to 70MPH and deadly lightning. Heavy rainfall will also be an issue as many of these storms will put down 1-2″ inches of rain within a short amount of time, thus flash flooding may become an issue in some areas.

At 1:45PM the storm prediction centers issued a 2nd severe thunderstorm watch for Central Alabama, effective until 8PM.

Lightning Photos: 6/9/08 Brett Adair @ 11:52 pm

Here are a few lightning shots from a severe thunderstorm that happened just west of my home on last Monday night.  You can see where the shutter is open with vehicle lights passing by in one.

These were all taken with my new Rebel XT.

6/11/08: More Summertime Storms Brett Adair @ 3:00 am

Temperatures at this hour remain the 70’s with dewpoints fairly close behind…

Decoded Surface Obs
Wed Jun 11 07:54:37 UTC 2008
ID Temp Dew Winds Press Clouds Prec Weather
F F deg knt mb 100ft cov in
KANB 72 71 0 at 0 1015.6 --- CLR ---- haze
KALX 73 70 0 at 0 ------ --- CLR ----
KAUO 72 64 230 at 5 ------ --- CLR ----
KBFM 74 71 0 at 0 1016.3 --- CLR ----
KBHM 73 69 0 at 0 1016.6 --- CLR ----
KDCU 71 68 0 at 0 1016.1 --- CLR ----
KDHN 74 70 260 at 5 1016.8 --- CLR ----
KEET 72 70 0 at 0 1016.0 48 SCT ----
KGAD 70 68 0 at 0 ------ --- CLR ----
KGZH 69 69 0 at 0 1016.6 --- CLR ---- haze
KHEY 71 69 0 at 0 ------ --- CLR ---- haze
KHSV 72 68 0 at 0 1017.3 --- CLR ----
KMDQ 70 66 0 at 0 ------ --- CLR ----
KMGM 71 68 200 at 4 1016.0 --- CLR ----
KMOB 72 69 0 at 0 1016.1 30 FEW ---- haze
KMSL 68 65 0 at 0 1016.5 --- CLR ---- haze
KMXF 72 70 180 at 5 1016.0 --- CLR ----
KOZR 70 69 0 at 0 1016.0 --- CLR ----
KPRN 70 69 160 at 4 1000.1 --- CLR ----
KTCL 73 69 0 at 0 1015.9 --- CLR ----
KTOI 70 68 0 at 0 1016.2 --- CLR ----
K3A1 66 64 0 at 0 ------ 70 BKN ----
K79J 72 68 0 at 0 1015.7 1 FEW ---- haze

The obs above indicate a very moist environment at around the 3AM hour. Later this afternoon as diurnal heating processes coupled weak forcing from mesoscale boundaries and a washed out frontal system to the west come into play, scattered to numerous thunderstorms will be possible from 11AM through the evening hours. Some storms may be accompanied with isolated large hail and damaging winds. Expect many significant weather alerts along with a few severe thunderstorm warnings especially east of I-65 this afternoon. The muggy airmass will remain in place for much of the week. Isolated 1-2″ amounts of rainfall can be expected with the stronger storms later today.

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