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Author name: Fred Gossage

Chief Meteorologist of the Tennessee Valley Weather Team

Snow chances in the Tennessee Valley late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning!

This is just a very quick and dirty initial update on the wintry weather and snow potential for our area late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. We will have a full blog discussion this afternoon… Here is our first attempt at potential snowfall accumulations for late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Generally speaking, we expect […]

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Severe storms and more flooding are possible across the Tennessee Valley Saturday evening and overnight. Here are the latest details!

We’re entering Day 2 of a two-day break between weather systems here across the Tennessee Valley, and that means active weather is on the way. Today is quiet, but we see rain and a few rumbles of thunder return later tonight into Saturday morning as the warm front lifts north across the area. We don’t

Severe storms and more flooding are possible across the Tennessee Valley Saturday evening and overnight. Here are the latest details! Read More »

More heavy rain and potential flooding today. A break for Thursday and Friday. Severe storms and flash flooding possible Saturday PM into the overnight.

Yep, you guessed it! Rain continues across the area on this Wednesday, and it will be heavy at times. Widespread heavy rain shifts back into the area after sunrise this morning and continues through midday or the early afternoon before the widespread steady stuff shifts east of us, and we have more in the way

More heavy rain and potential flooding today. A break for Thursday and Friday. Severe storms and flash flooding possible Saturday PM into the overnight. Read More »

Alabama’s 2025 Severe Weather Awareness Week concludes. Friday’s topic from NWS Huntsville: Resiliency

Today is the last day of Alabama’s “Severe Weather Awareness Week” (Tennessee’s campaign is later this month), and the final topic for the week set by NWS Huntsville is “Resiliency”. Resiliency is defined as the ability or capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and hardships, or “toughness” against those hardships. While some of the stats

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Alabama’s 2025 Severe Weather Awareness Week continues. Thursday’s topic from NWS Huntsville: Tornadoes

Alabama’s “Severe Weather Awareness Week” rolls along on this Thursday (and we will do this for Tennessee later this month, as mentioned before). Today’s topic from the NWS Huntsville is concerning a weather hazard in our area that gets most if not all of the attention… Tornadoes. A tornado is defined as a windstorm comprised

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Alabama’s 2025 Severe Weather Awareness Week continues. Wednesday’s topic from NWS Huntsville: Flooding

“Severe Weather Awareness Week” for the state of Alabama (Tennessee does this program later this month) rolls right along on this Wednesday, and today’s topic from NWS Huntsville is a weather hazard we face in the Tennessee Valley that may not always get the attention or respect that it deserves: flooding. On average, flooding is

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Alabama’s 2025 Severe Weather Awareness Week continues. Tuesday’s topic from NWS Huntsville: Lightning and Severe Thunderstorms

Alabama’s “Severe Weather Awareness Week” continues on Tuesday (but this info applies to EVERYONE and we do this again later in the month when Tennessee does theirs). Today’s topic from the NWS Huntsville office is “Lightning and Severe Thunderstorms”. Here in the Tennessee Valley, the vast majority of weather hazards we face through the year

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Alabama’s 2025 Severe Weather Awareness Week begins. Monday’s topic from NWS Huntsville: Preparedness and Safety

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has proclaimed February 3rd through the 7th as “Severe Weather Awareness Week” this year. Usually, this is done the final week of the month when Alabama does the weekend state tax holiday for preparedness supplies. That tax holiday is still scheduled for the last week of this month, but SWAW has

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February arrives tomorrow. Here is a look at the month’s average climatology stats in our part of the Tennessee Valley

We turn the page on January and head into a new month tomorrow (Saturday). That means it’s time to look at the monthly climatology stats to get an idea of what is considered “average” in our part of the Tennessee Valley. As we always explain, the NWS official climate reporting station for our viewing area

February arrives tomorrow. Here is a look at the month’s average climatology stats in our part of the Tennessee Valley Read More »

Winter takes a break for now as warmer temps take hold. Rain chances Thursday into early Friday.

We have some patches of mid/high level cloud cover across the area this afternoon, but otherwise, it’s a nice weather day across the Tennessee Valley on this Wednesday. Temperatures are up into the mid 60s this afternoon, with one or two isolated spots even making a run at the upper 60s! Clouds are increasing just

Winter takes a break for now as warmer temps take hold. Rain chances Thursday into early Friday. Read More »