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ALERT has been activated starting Sunday 6pm through Monday around noon. Biggest concern is loss of communication with Huntville and Peach Tree offices so that’s where we come in. We will need to make sure we either have a way at the NWS office or some sort of off site relay way to communicate with those offices. If you are able to respond please be prepared for an exteded stay if necessary. you may need to bring bags: clothes, medications, food, ect. There is a place to sleep at the NWS. 73, Russell Thomas ALERT Vice President http://www.alert-alabama.orgALERT has been activated starting Sunday 6pm through Monday around noon. Biggest concern is loss of communication with Huntville and Peach Tree offices so that’s where we come in. We will need to make sure we either have a way at the NWS office or some sort of off site relay way to communicate with those offices. If you are able to respond please be prepared for an exteded stay if necessary. you may need to bring bags: clothes, medications, food, ect. There is a place to sleep at the NWS. Continue reading
Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a good Christmas & that 2011 treats you well. The most notable event about Christmas 2010 of course was that many of us received the first White Christmas on record. In my case technically it missed me. I did have one spot in the yard that received a dusting. I’ll count it as a White Christmas, even if it isn’t officially one. For the Birmingham Airport which is the reference point where weather statistics are recorded also received just a dusting. So “officially” Birmingham still hasn’t had a White Christmas. It was, however, certainly closer than in previous years when we had to worry about the tumble weeds, the heat index & that pesky cactus sprouting in December. On New Years Day Alabama had the honor of being placed under Tornado Watches number 1 & 2. Special thanks to Howard Moss KC4QJA & Johnnie Knobloch KJ4OPX who manned K4NWS during the New Years callout. Howard Came in at Midnight & Johnnie came in at 1:30AM & stayed till noon. Continue reading

ALERT / National Weather Service Birmingham Coverage Area

  • ALERT covers the BMX county warning area. Presently, this includes: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston