ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
NWS in Mobile posted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NW Choctaw County in SW Alabama until 4 pm. The storm was 14 miles east of Meridian and moving SE at 16. It will cross the Mississippi/Alabama border into Alabama’s Choctaw County and continue toward the SE at 16 mph. It may have penny size hail and [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Al Wilson, 68, a soul singer and songwriter who had a number of 1970s hits, including "Show and Tell," died of kidney failure Monday April 21st at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, said his son, Tony Wilson of Yucaipa. Wilson was born June 19, 1939, in Meridian, Miss., where he sang in the church choir as a child. His family moved to San Bernardino in the 1950s, and he found work as a letter...
Bitty's Back Porch (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Two obituaries juxtaposed on CNN, literally on the same line of the opening page: Soul singer Al Wilson , best known for the song "Show and Tell," has died at age 68. Wilson was born in Meridian, Mississippi . Soft rocker Paul Davis , best known for the song "I Go Crazy" has died at age 60. Although CNN doesn't mention his place of birth, Wikipedia reports that Davis was born in Meridian, Mississippi,...
Right Celebrity (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Soul singer Al Wilson has succumbed to kidney failure and died at a hospital near Los Angeles at age 68. You can see his biography, photos, and a montage video to the song that made him famous, ‘Show and Tell.’ Al Wilson Dies Al Wilson Biography Al Wilson was born in Meridian, Mississippi on June 19, 1939. [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
Laura Meckler reports on the presidential race from Meridian, Miss. Sen. John McCain, departing from his typically sunny assessment of the situation in Iraq, expressed surprise about Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s decision to try to take control of the southern city of Basra from Shiite militias. “Malaki decided to take on this operation without consulting the [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 03/30/2008
An upper level disturbance is approaching the Alabama border near Meridian, Mississippi this afternoon. A band of showers and storms extends across Pickens and Tuscaloosa Counties at this hour. The strongest storm is just north of the city of Tuscaloosa. It has lots of lightning and heavy rain ...
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Main line of thunderstorms still over in Mississippi. At 5:30 am, the line extended almost due north-south from near Oxford south to Eupora to about half way between Jackson and meridian to near Hattiesburg in the south. NWS/Jackson has Tornado Warning for East Leake County in Central Mississippi and North Neshoba in ...
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
A line of strong thunderstorms extended from SW Mississippi curving NE to East Central Mississippi, near Meridian, then eastward across Central Alabama. Across Central Alabama, the main line of storms was from Hale and Perry County eastward to Autauga and Elmore. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Until 2:45 am for the east Alabama Counties ...
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
* 80 degrees at mid-afternoon at Tuscaloosa Airport. It was 81 in Coker and 82 in Livingston. Meridian also has 80. * That new Tornado Watch (Another PDS one) is unusually large. It covers more than half of Mississippi and touches the Alabama border. It extends north to include parts of ...
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 12/17/2007
Friend of the Blog Josh Johnson is a weather producer for 11Alive News in Atlanta. He was the Chief Meteorologist at WTOK-TV in Meridian prior to going to Atlanta in March 2007. He was born in Jacksonville, Alabama. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University. ...
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
Some first quarter rainfall reports as of 10:45 p.m.... Tuscaloosa 0.25 Birmingham Airport 0.01 Haleyville 0.48 Meridian 0.19 South Trussville 0.08 Concord/Hueytown 0.22 South Hueytown 0.25 Pinson 0.20 (estimated) Cuba, AL (Sumter County) 0.41 Thanks to our skywatchers for the reports. Skycam reports... Cullman 0.25 Demopolis 0.19 Hamilton 0.53 Jasper 0.40 Tuscaloosa 0.66 Selma 0.05 Light to moderate...
