ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Showers have increased in number late this afternoon, including a few thunderstorms. They still cover only a small percentage of the state. We pinpoint just a few. * Over NE Jefferson between Pinson, Center Point and Tarrant producing heavy rain over a small area. * Over SE Tuscaloosa County SW of Vance and SE of Coaling * Over [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Thunderstorms are moving east out of Mississippi into West Alabama much as they have the past two mornings. They are moving southeast into Lamar, Greene, Pickens and Sumter Counties. A lone storm over SW Tuscaloosa County weakened as it moved into northern Hale County. The strongest storms were over Monroe County MS, heading for [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
At 10:35, Doppler radar continues to show showers and a few storms across Central Alabama this morning. They extend from NE Greene, Tuscaloosa, northern Hae and northern Perry Counties into Shelby, Jefferson, NE Chilton, Coosa and southern Talladega Counties as well as Clay County. The heaviest storms were near… …Hueytown and Pleasant Grove in western Jefferson County… …Talldega [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Our area of showers and storms over West Alabama has grown in coverage and intensity in the past 30 minutes. The main area is over southern Pickens and northern Greene Counties. The actviity extends up into Tuscaloosa County. More showers and storms are on a line from east of Fayette through southern Walker, [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
A batch odf showers and storms is moving across West Alabama early on this Saturday morning. It extends from Lamar, Fayette and Walker Counties down through Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Sumter and into Hale Counties. The heaviest storms are concentrated in Pickens and Greene Counties. One cell is about to move over the Tuscaloosa/Northport area. [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Thunderstorms continue over Alabama this afternoon. A new severe thunderstorm warning has just been issued for Pickens County. It is for a strong thunderstorm approaching Carrollton. Other strong storms are up into SE Lamar County, along the Fayette/Tuscaloosa County line, in eastern Walker County near Dora and over Cullman County, centered [...]
TFS Magnum (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Emergency response delay being investigated | The Tuscaloosa News | Tuscaloosa, AL Here is how it is supposed to work. You call 911. Tuscaloosa Police Department answers the call. They call a private ambulance company. The private ambulance company calls the Sheriff's office. The Sheriff's office calls volunteer firemen/EMTs to respond. Is anyone surprised it didn't work as designed? The
The Wizard of Odds (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
With all the offseason troubles involving Alabama players, it was only a matter of time before somebody took the header of the Tuscaloosa News' TideSports .com and created this page. We thank Losers With Socks for this beaut, which you can click for closer inspection. Dig that houndstooth ski mask!
Sunday Morning Quarterback (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Witnesses say spray wouldn’t have deterred Alabama lineman’s charge. TUSCALOOSA –– Two children were injured Tuesday, one seriously, as Alabama tackle Andre Smith emerged from hibernation to begin his annual summer forage for food. In a separate incident later in the evening, a man was seriously burned when his recreational vehicle overturned and caught fire after being caught between the lineman...
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
TUSCALOOSA — Former Alabama football player Jimmy Johns faces an August 12 preliminary hearing on felony drug charges. Johns is charged with five counts of selling cocaine and one count of possession of a controlled substance.
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Which arrest will be the tipping point for Nick Saban at Alabama? We’ve reached 10 in a year and a half (by contrast, the previous coach, Mike Shula, had just five arrests in four seasons), and will No. 12 or No. 15 finally wake up the sheep in Tuscaloosa? According to Paul Finnebaum at the Press [...]
Roll 'Bama Roll (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
According to published reports by Gentry Estes of the Mobile Press-Register, Alabama signee Ivan Matchett has academically qualified. He will report to Tuscaloosa in the next few days and enroll in the second summer session. Though the news is a bit expected, it's still good to hear. Matchett was expected to qualify all along, but ended up having to unexpectedly re-take a class. After taking the class...
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
A long line of thunderstorms, at least 200 miles long, extended all the way from Centre (Cherokee County, NE Alabama) southwestward to Etowah and West St. Clair County, to Birmingham and then down through East Tuscaloosa County to Marion and Camden. Some of the strongest storms: * Wilcox County * Cherokee County The part of the line that was [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
A line of storms now extends from Centre to Gadsden to Ashville to Gardendale to Vance to Marion to Pine Level in SW Alabama. No warnings in effect at this time. There is a SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB, SHELBY AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT… A severe thunderstorm watch continues for North Central [...]
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENE, HALE, MARENGO, PICKENS, SUMTER AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT… …AND FOR CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT. A line of storms continues over North Central Alabama this afternoon…it extends from Marshall, Morgan, Madison and Limestone Counties through parts of Lawrence, Cullman, Walker and Winston Counties, then into extreme [...]
