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This is an account of my first direct encounter with a major hurricane. I will begin this post with a video. The video embedded just below is long (almost one and one-half hours). It covers the passage of Hurricane Michael over the southeastern portion of Marianna, Florida durin…
Photo by Crandall McKey, via NWS Huntsville On May 18, 1995, an F4 tornado struck Limestone and Madison counties in the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama. To see storm survey data, photos, storm reports, maps, and other data from this event, vistit the NWS Huntsville page here: …
1953 was a bad year for killer tornadoes in the United States and Alabama was not immune. The nationwide death toll in 1953 was 519 and in Alabama it was 24. Tornadoes killed one Alabamian on February 20, 1953 and fourteen on April 18, 1953. The spring tornado season was not ove…
5:10 p.m. 4/27/11, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Memories of April 27, 2011 – My Storm Chase Account * * * REPOSTING ON 7TH ANNIVERSARY * * * This is a personal account of my experiences as a storm chaser on April 26 and 27, 2011 in Mississippi and Alabama. This is just my story, as best …
NWS Birmingham Map of Severe Hail Event - 4/25/2003 Severe weather, especially in the form of large hail, affected much of Central Alabama Friday April 25, 2003. Fortunately there were no injuries nor fatalities reported with this event, but property damage was significant. At l…
Credit: NOAA One of the heaviest snows in Alabama history occurred on February 15,1958. Huntsville received 8.0" of snow, which was the highest February snow total on record until 8.1" was recorded on February 25, 2015. This snow event was caused by a strong low in the Southeast…
View of Huntsville from Bankhead Parkway on Monte Sano Huntsville Times February 2, 1985 The worst ice storm in decades in North Alabama, if not the worst in recorded history, began in Northwest Alabama during the early morning hours Friday February 1, 1985. It began as a mix of…
January 1966 was one of the coldest months in Alabama history and the last week of January 1966 was particularly brutal with temperatures 18-21 degrees below average. The NOAA Monthly Weather Review shows that on the map below. January 1966 NOAA Monthly Weather Review This cold …
Photo by Shelby County Reporter Ten people were killed and six more were injured when a brief, relatively small, yet powerful tornado hit Harpersville in Shelby County, Alabama at 7 p.m. on Friday January 24, 1964. The tornado was on the ground for only four miles and was never …
Photo by Michael E. Palmer, Tuscaloosa News Michael Harris carries an unconscious Whitney Crowder, 6, through the Bear Creek Trailer Park, 12/16/2000 Saturday morning December 16, 2000 was a pleasant and warmer than average mid-December morning in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. But to tho…