Late Morning Update--10:45 am

The small thunderstorm that moved across downtown Birmingham was moving east and passing SE of Trussville into West St. Clair County at 10:45 am.

Other showers and thunderstorms were over East and NE Alabama.

Still another band of showers was along the Alabama-Mississippi border and increasing.

The most numerous and heavier showers and thunderstorms were over far SW Alabama in Mobile and Baldwin County. It was pouring rain near Gulf Shores.

A cold front has also pushed to near the Alabama-Mississippi border, At 10 am it was 70 in Birmingham and 71 in Tuscaloosa. However, it was a chilly 54 in Memphis and 55 at Greenville, in the Mississippi Delta.

The Storm Prediction Center, in their morning update expanded their slight risk of severe weather to cover all but Extreme North and NW Alabama. Seems like the better chance of that would be more to the east and south but we will keep one of our hail-wary eyes on that.
Posted by  
on April 26, 2006, 10:44 am
Good grief! Has anyone looked at the SPC site lately?
The Watch/Warning display is showing all of North Dakota with Tornado Warnings, and the western half of South Dakota.
Looks like someone started playing Minesweeper, to me! LOL
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/

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Posted by  
on April 26, 2006, 10:46 am
Further observation of that, and it turns out they are testing. I'd never seen that before...

""BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TEST...TORNADO WARNING...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1115 AM CDT WED APR 26 2006

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING IN THE MENTIONED AREAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. TEST TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOTTINEAU...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINOT...
BURKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
DIVIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSBY...
MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
MOUNTRAIL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILLISTON...
BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISMARCK...
EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
SHERIDAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
FOSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN...
ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
BOWMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOWMAN...
DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
SLOPE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKINSON...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT(1030 AM MDT)

* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. AT 1113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO 49 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TEST AROUND 1125 AM CDT...

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS MESSAGE.""

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Posted by  
on April 26, 2006, 11:40 am
Hey JB,
I need some help and Im asking you since this sounds just like your kinda thing.

Our group is going to the National Cornbread Festival ( www.nationalcornbread.com ) in South Pittsburg, TN on Saturday. We expect this to be an all day trip, taking the backroads.
I know there is rain predicted down here for that time, but can you tell me how it looks for that direction?

Ya know - if during the cornbread festival they would have the turnip greens and peas festival across the street - well we could all really eat some good food.

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Posted by  
on April 26, 2006, 11:42 am
OH... and by "our group" I mean, on the motorcycles..... so the weather is really important.

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