08 Tornado Watch Central Alabama Brett Adair @ 12:56 pm

A tornado watch is in effect for much of Central Alabama until 9pm. We will be updating the blog as we potentially chase tornadic “mini” supercells this afternoon across much of the forecast area. Stay tuned to the blog for updates as we continue to monitor this potentially potent situation.

12:51 pm: The tornado warning for Tallapoosa and Bullock County has been allowed to expire.

1:37 pm:
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

August 24, 2008 | Filed Under Severe Weather, Warnings, Watches | 1 Comment

Tornado watch until 9PM Kenny Evans @ 11:59 am

   

   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 861
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1145 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          SOUTHWESTERN AND EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA

   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL 900
   PM CDT.

   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.

   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN
   ALABAMA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
   AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
   THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
   AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

   DISCUSSION...DESPITE WEAKENING CENTRAL REGION...OUTER PORTIONS OF
   RESIDUAL TD FAY CIRCULATION CONTINUE TO SHOW FAVORABLE SHEAR FOR
   SUPERCELLS WITH ONLY GRADUAL WEAKENING OF WINDS JUST ABOVE GROUND
   LEVEL THROUGH AFTERNOON/EVENING...AND 0-1 KM SRH REMAINING IN
   200-400 J/KG OVER MUCH OF WW AREA.  CONVECTIVE COVERAGE FCST TO
   INCREASE IN VERY MOIST AND WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS...INCLUDING
   ADDITIONAL MINI-SUPERCELLS WITH INCREASING RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES.

   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16035.

August 24, 2008 | Filed Under Severe Weather, Watches | Leave a Comment

Alabama Storm Trackers chasing Fay! Kenny Evans @ 1:11 am

A few of the Alabama Storm Trackers team are currently enroute to film Tropical Storm Fay currently located in the northern Gulf Of Mexico. Brett Adair and Eric Parker will be providing LIVE streaming coverage online as well as on WMBB Panama City, FL. You can watch the live stream at this link

August 23, 2008 | Filed Under Chase Video, Tropics | Leave a Comment

Tropical Watch… Brett Adair @ 10:59 pm

This evening we are watching the progression of Tropical Storm Edouard in the Gulf of Mexico as he gains strength and potentially poses a threat to the Texas/Louisiana area. Hurricane watches are now up from the NE TX coast into SW LA. The AlabamaWeather.org storm chasers (Brett Adair, Eric Parker, and Evan Hyde) are monitoring the situation and are preparing for deployment tomorrow afternoon as Edouard approaches hurricane status. Monitor for frequent updates as we prepare and monitor the storm and setup our LIVE streaming camera.

August 3, 2008 | Filed Under Tropical Updates, Weather and Chasing | 1 Comment

NEW Hurricane Tracking! Kenny Evans @ 10:30 am

Our friends over on StormPulse.com has provided us the power to use a new flash version hurricane tracking. This new interactive tracking map will provide the user to select what he or she wants to display along with full zoom and pan abilities. This mapping will center on all current tropical systems with the ability of being able to change storms should there be more than one active at a single time. Check out our front page for this new advanced hurrican tracking map!

July 30, 2008 | Filed Under General Updates, Tropics | Leave a Comment