Historic Gulf Coast winter storm was the region’s worst in 130 years
A major winter storm blanketed the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the region’s largest winter storm since February 1895. Roads, schools, and businesses were closed throughout the region as communities simply lacked the plows and…
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How An Alabama Beach Town Saw Softball-Size Hail
Residents of Orange Beach, Alabama, woke up to the horrendous sound of hail a few hours after midnight on Saturday, April 10. A supercell thunderstorm moved over the city and pelted the beachside community with hailstones as large as 4.00″ in…
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Some Strong Tornadoes Are Possible In Alabama And Tennessee On Tuesday Evening
Not for nothing, but the recent questions about whether it’s safe to break social distancing to seek shelter from tornadoes in community storm shelters wasn’t a hypothetical. There’s a risk for severe thunderstorms across parts of the…
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Nighttime Severe Thunderstorms Are Possible in Mississippi and Alabama on Thursday
A risk for nighttime tornadoes—some potentially strong or long-lived—will unfold this evening and tonight across parts of southern Mississippi and Alabama. Damaging straight-line winds and large hail are also possible. Severe weather is dangerous no…
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Deadly Alabama Tornado Tests The Boundaries Of Advanced Tornado Warnings
A significant tornado outbreak in the southeastern United States on Sunday killed at least 23 people despite hours of advanced warning that dangerous storms were on the way. Most of the fatalities occurred in Lee County, Alabama, likely making that…
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