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ALERT NEWSLETTER — June 2008 Vol. 1 No. 12 Hi Everyone, June has arrived & with its arrival begins the North Atlantic Hurricane Season, which will last until the end of November. To help celebrate the arrival we already have Tropical Depression Arthur, which is inland over Mexico & dissipating. Arthur was originally an East Pacific storm named Alma, but, passed over Central America into the Caribbean, and reformed, regendered & was renamed. It reminds me of a few years ago a storm formed in the Eastern Atlantic, crossed the Caribbean & struck Central America. It reformed off the Pacific side & was renamed. It continued westward passing south of Hawaii & crossed the International Date Line & was renamed again & finally dissipated off shores of Malaysia. I was disappointed. I wanted it to cross the Malay Peninsula & enter the Bay of Bengal & regenerate. Then it would have had the distinction of being a hurricane, a typhoon & a tropical cyclone. As it is it crossed two thirds of the Earth’s surface. Not a wimpy feat, in my book. Ot 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