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 […]
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
Seventeen years ago today, on February 5th, 2008, the “Super Tuesday” Tornado Outbreak heavily impacted the midsouth. Eighty-seven tornadoes ripped across the south during the outbreak. After all was said and done, 57 people lost their lives. Image Credit – Unknown During the outbreak, a few notable tornadoes swept through our area and surrounding areas.
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“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
Morning showers have cleared the area but cloud cover has been much slower to do so. We may see a few breaks in the clouds later this afternoon, as temperatures warm into the mid to upper 60s. We will be mostly dry for the rest of today, with scattered rain showers moving in after midnight.
Multiple thunderstorm chances throughout the week. Strong storms Wednesday? Read More »
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
If every first Monday of February could be like this, I’d be thrilled! What a fantastic day with a mostly sunny sky and comfortable temperatures. Upper 60s to lower 70s for this afternoon across the Tennessee Valley. Cloud cover increases tonight with the slightest chance of a few very light passing showers. Expect mostly cloudy
Multiple rain chances this week. Temperatures stay warm. Read More »
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
What a wonderful Sunday it’s been, especially compared to yesterday – we’ve got an additional 10-15 degrees on Yesterday, with those widespread upper-60s taking hold, and MUCH less cloud cover which helped us secure those mostly sunny blue skies for today. If you’re anything like me, you certainly prefer this over what the last 3-4
A Taste of Spring… In All Forms This Week! Read More »
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
