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Memories of April 27, 2011 – Mississippi & Alabama Storm Chase Account
5:10 p.m. 4/27/11, Tuscaloosa, AlabamaMemories of April 27, 2011 – My Storm Chase AccountThis is a personal account of my experiences as a storm chaser on April 26 and 27, 2011 in Mississippi and...
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Coldest Day in Alabama History - 2/13/1899
This is from the Montgomery Advertiser, 2/14/1899. The temperature dropped to -14 on this date in Anniston in 1899.12 below zero in Uniontown, AL in Perry County and -7 in Opelika in Lee County on this...
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Joppa - Arab Tornado 2/16/95
Birmingham Nexrad 2/16/95 at 5 a.m. when a Tornado Warning was issued for Marshall County.At 4:59 a.m. on February 16, 1995, an F3 tornado touched down three miles west of Joppa in extreme northeast...
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20th Anniversary of Blizzard of 1993
Updated to include videos of coverage by James Spann, Kevin Collins, and Dan Satterfield on WBRC 6 in Birmingham. Scroll down to the bottom of the post.None of us who are old enough to remember the...
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2/23/1975 Tuscaloosa F4 Tornado (Scottish Inn Tornado)
Forty nine people were injured and one was killed in a late winter F4 tornado that moved through Tuscaloosa County, Alabama on Sunday February 23, 1975. The tornado touched down around 12:35 in the...
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Lauderdale County Killer Tornado 3/9/64
From NOAA Storm Data Publication53 years ago today an F3 tornado killed two and injured five people in Lauderdale County.According to the NWS, "a concrete block cafe was demolished along Highway 72. At...
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Georgia Dome Tornado - 3/14/2008
As my sons David, Joe, Matt and I were watching the Alabama versus Mississippi State basketball game during the SEC Tournament a tornado struck the Georgia Dome during overtime.The first thing I...
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April 20, 1920 Tornado Outbreak
Three tornadoes, all considered to be consistent with F4 intensity, struck northwestern and north-central portions of Alabama on Tuesday morning and early afternoon April 20, 1920, killing 92 and...
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May Day Tornadoes in Alabama, May 1, 1953
Chicago Tribune, 5/2/1953At least four tornadoes occurred in Alabama on this date in 1953, including two that are thought to have been of F4 intensity. Nine people were killed and 17 were injured in...
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Alabama Hail Storm May 2, 2003
On this date in 2003 some of the largest hail ever recorded in Alabama fell, with numerous reports of hail as large as baseballs and softballs. Below is a list from the NOAA Storm Data publication for...
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May 3, 1984 Tornado Outbreak in Alabama
On this date in 1984, 17 tornadoes occurred in Alabama. The most significant tornado occurred in Montgomery, where five people were killed and 37 injured in an F3 tornado which touched down just before...
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Killer Tornadoes of May 5, 1933
Two devastating tornadoes were responsible for 25 deaths and 227 injuries in Central Alabama in the predawn hours of May 5, 1933. The first was an F3 tornado which touched down at 12:20 a.m. and moved...
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Northeast Alabama Tornadoes May 19, 1973
Source: Florence Times-Daily, May 19, 1973On Saturday May 19, 1973, the number one song in the U.S. was “You are the Sunshine of My Life” by Stevie Wonder. If you went to the movies you probably saw...
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Nashville Tornado - 7/26/10 - "Being Chased"
On July 26, 2010 I had the opportunity to attend my seventh (7th - you heard right) Paul McCartney concert. This one was at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. With me were my son Matthew and my...
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Storm Chasing 11/8/89 in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama
George H.W. Bush was President of the United States. Power ballads such as "When I See You Smile" by Bad English were topping the charts. Jerome Walton of the Chicago Cubs won the NL Rookie of the Year...
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Veterans Day Tornado Outbreak - 11/10/2002
Eighty three tornadoes were confirmed by National Weather Service offices in 17 states, mostly east of the Mississippi River between November 9 and November 11, 2002. Most of the tornadoes occurred...
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December 16, 2000 Tuscaloosa F4 Tornado
Photo by Michael E. Palmer, Tuscaloosa News Michael Harris carries an unconscious Whitney Crowder, 6, through the Bear Creek Trailer Park, 12/16/2000Saturday morning December 16, 2000 was a pleasant...
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Harpersville F4 Tornado - 1/24/64
Photo by Shelby County ReporterTen 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...
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Coldest Temperature Recorded in Alabama - 1/30/1966
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...
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North Alabama Ice Storm February 1-2, 1985
View of Huntsville from Bankhead Parkway on Monte SanoHuntsville Times February 2, 1985The worst ice storm in decades in North Alabama, if not the worst in recorded history, began in Northwest Alabama...
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Alabama Heavy Snow - February 15, 1958
Credit: NOAAOne 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...
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Severe Hail Event - 4/25/2003
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...
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May Day Tornado Outbreak - 5/1/1953
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...
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Anderson Hills F4 Tornado - 5/18/1995
Photo by Crandall McKey, via NWS HuntsvilleOn 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,...
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My Encounter with Hurricane Michael - 10/10/2018
NOTE: This blog post will be updated with additional photos and videos during the upcoming days.I left my friend's house in Alabaster, Alabama at 10:08 a.m. on Tuesday 10/9/2018. I had been watching...
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