Alabama News Network is tracking the possibility of strong to severe storms that will arrive in our area this evening through Sunday morning.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said a tornado had been on the ground for more than 200 miles in the state.
Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday.
The state of Alabama Historically has two severe weather seasons, in the spring and in the fall. As we are getting closer to the month of November, we are entering into the second severe weather season which means a possibility for tornado threats in the state.
Alabama News Network is tracking the potential for severe weather that is moving across parts of South and Central Alabama right now.
Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. You don’t have to live along the Alabama coast to feel the effects of these dangerous storms.
A radar gap in West Alabama is complicating severe weather coverage. Alabama News Network Chief Meteorologist Shane Butler compares the National Weather Service radar gap to forecasting through a blurry lens. “All those beams, they come to an intersection out there, but they’re not where they need to be as far as the beam height,” Butler explained, “they are a…
Alabama News Network is getting storm damage photos from West Alabama.
Alabama News Network has received plenty of photos from our viewers of hail that fell from Saturday’s storms. While severe storms are common in Alabama, it’s not often that we see hail as large as what fell in some parts of the area as two lines of storms pushed through. Some viewers didn’t get any hail. Others will be talking…
The National Weather Service says Alabama has been hit by as many as seven suspected tornadoes in a day of violent weather that left at least five people dead. Meteorologist John De Block in Birmingham says radar indicates one twister began in southwest Alabama and carved a path of destruction for 100 miles, staying on the ground for well over…
