Safe From the Storm: Sheltering During a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the way we prepare for severe weather. We saw changes to tornado shelters and Alabama EMA officials say there will be even more changes for hurricane season.…
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Safe From The Storm: Putting Together a Hurricane Kit
Hurricane seasons run from June 1 until November 1 each year. One of the most important things you can do now is to put together a hurricane kit. That kit should contain…
Safe From The Storm: How Hurricanes Get Their Names
We're used to calling hurricanes by their names -- Camille, Fredric, Andrew, Opal, Ivan, Katrina, Michael -- these are a few memorable storms. But who gets to choose the names? And why…
Safe From The Storm: Remembering Hurricane Opal, 25 Years Later
Some people may think Montgomery and the rest of Central Alabama is too far inland to get the effects of a hurricane. But Hurricane Opal came right through Montgomery in 1995, leaving…
Safe From The Storm: 2020 Tropical Season Outlook
Even before the start of the 2020 hurricane season on June 1, there have been two tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean. Does that mean we're in for a busier-than-usual hurricane season?…
Safe from the Storm: How Alabama Prepares for Hurricanes
In Alabama, hurricane preparations start long before a storm enters the Gulf of Mexico. Emergency officials have a response plan in place months before a hurricane season starts. The governor and the Alabama…
Safe from the Storm: Seeking Shelter
When severe weather threatens, we are often told to seek shelter if we're in a mobile home or in a flood-prone area. But Alabama News Network found out that sometimes, shelters are hard…
Safe from the Storm: Inland Flooding Threat
When most of us think of hurricanes, we think first of high winds. But flooding is also a threat, even far inland. When people don't take the flooding threat seriously, lives and property…
Safe from the Storm: Hurricane Impact Can Be Felt Far Inland
Hurricanes don't just bring danger and damage to the coast. Montgomery has felt the impact of Hurricane Opal in 1995, Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and from many other storms -- even tropical storms…
Safe from the Storm: Remembering Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael will forever be remembered on the Gulf Coast. The Category 5 hurricane hit the Panama City, Florida, area in October 2018, bringing devastation that was experienced far inland, including in Alabama.…
Safe From The Storm: Lightning
There is a vast amount of technology at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. They have a variety of ways they conduct research on severe weather and elaborate on how they can learn…
Safe from the Storm: Storm Chasers
Storm chasing, it is a real thing, and each year hundreds if not thousands of people head to the U.S. Plains to do it. Meteorologist Ryan Stinnett interview famed storm chaser, Accuweather Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer, who not only chases…
Safe from the Storm: Weather Balloon
Weather prediction is made possible in part by the use of weather balloons. Meteorologist Ben Lang traveled to one of the launch locations, in Birmingham to see a weather balloon launch first hand and find out the importance the data…
Safe from the Storm-Doppler Radar
Like a beating heart always at work, radar sites across America keep watch of the sky to help keep us safe. Meteorologist Elissia Wilson looks at the ins and outs of a radar site that we use at Alabama News…
Preparing Storm Survival Kits
When preparing for severe weather, there are items that you do not want to forget. We stopped by Montgomery's Home Depot to find out what those items are. They are making…
Severe Weather Awareness Week: Taking a Tour of a Storm Shelter
A tornado doesn't slow down or stop for anyone. It mows down homes,…
Homes on Alabama Coast in Danger?
The company CoreLogic is out with an annual ranking of states based on how many homes are at risk for damage from hurricanes and how serious the risk is. They…
El Nino Effects
It seems no region of the U.S. is immune to extreme weather. A driving force behind some it can be attributed to those warmer waters over the eastern Pacific just west…
The Social Media Dilemma
As operational meteorologists, we are dealing with an issue that won’t go away, and seems to be more problematic every year. Today I look at this problem known as…
Lightning Safety
Lightning can be deadly and disruptive by often knocking out power, sparking fires and damaging or destroying electronic devices. "We have system in place once the lightning were to strike to shut the system…
Driving Safety in Severe Weather
Most of us have been in this situation. On average there are more than five million vehicle crashes each year. Twenty percent of these crashes are weather-related. Most of them related to…
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