A lot of interesting information already on the blog this morning, so I will keep this list short. Just a few morning lows as it was nea freezing in some of the North Alabama valleys:
33 with moderate frost in Black Creek (32.5 to be exact)
34 at Fort Payne Airport and Vinemont (Cullman Airport)
35 in Munford (Talladega County)
36 at Gadsden Airport, Crossville, Meridianville
37 at Alexander City (based on hourly reports)
38 at Decatur
39 at Anniston
40 at Tuscaloosa, Muscle Shoals
40 also at Mentone (temperature inversion because it was 34 in the valley at Ft. Payne)
41 at Birmingham, Montgomery
COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING NOTES
* In the next day or so, I want to post an extensive account of the Super Outbreak of April 3, 1974 across North Alabama. I was on duty at the NWS/Birmingham for 17 hours in a row and it was my responsibility at that time to prepare camera-ready copy for the official NWS publication, STORM DATA. Much of my post will be from that--which took days on end to complete and is responsible for 3 little gray hairs on the few dozen I have left. Also will post a complete account of the F5 tornado that caused great distruction across NW Birmingham on April 4, 1977. (Known as the Smithfield tornado. I was part of the NWS team working at that time also.
* Meanwhile, be sure and scroll down to see/read the morning text and video by James Spann and the very interesting list of actions and warnings compiled by Bill Murray about the great tornado disaster across North Alabama during the afternoon/night of April 3, 1974. In the years that followed, Bill was such a regular hanging out on Saturdays at our NWS Office at 11 West Oxmoor Road, that we almost assumed he was an NWS employee...and he would have made a good one.
* And, be sure to listen to our latest WeatherBrains broadcast covering the Super Outbreak. Scan down to the morning discussion from James to find the direct link.
33 with moderate frost in Black Creek (32.5 to be exact)
34 at Fort Payne Airport and Vinemont (Cullman Airport)
35 in Munford (Talladega County)
36 at Gadsden Airport, Crossville, Meridianville
37 at Alexander City (based on hourly reports)
38 at Decatur
39 at Anniston
40 at Tuscaloosa, Muscle Shoals
40 also at Mentone (temperature inversion because it was 34 in the valley at Ft. Payne)
41 at Birmingham, Montgomery
COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING NOTES
* In the next day or so, I want to post an extensive account of the Super Outbreak of April 3, 1974 across North Alabama. I was on duty at the NWS/Birmingham for 17 hours in a row and it was my responsibility at that time to prepare camera-ready copy for the official NWS publication, STORM DATA. Much of my post will be from that--which took days on end to complete and is responsible for 3 little gray hairs on the few dozen I have left. Also will post a complete account of the F5 tornado that caused great distruction across NW Birmingham on April 4, 1977. (Known as the Smithfield tornado. I was part of the NWS team working at that time also.
* Meanwhile, be sure and scroll down to see/read the morning text and video by James Spann and the very interesting list of actions and warnings compiled by Bill Murray about the great tornado disaster across North Alabama during the afternoon/night of April 3, 1974. In the years that followed, Bill was such a regular hanging out on Saturdays at our NWS Office at 11 West Oxmoor Road, that we almost assumed he was an NWS employee...and he would have made a good one.
* And, be sure to listen to our latest WeatherBrains broadcast covering the Super Outbreak. Scan down to the morning discussion from James to find the direct link.
on April 5, 2006, 7:11 am
time and date was 01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again
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on April 5, 2006, 7:31 am
You have too much time on your hands.....
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on April 5, 2006, 8:41 am
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