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Alabama meteorologists remember April 27, 2011 tornadoes By Dennis Washington April 26, 2021 Advances in technology have improved the way we receive severe weather alerts since the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak. (contributed) Like many Alabamians, National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist John De Block will never forget April 27, 2011. “I never thought when I arrived at work at 4 a.m. that morning that I would be issuing tornado warnings within 10 minutes,” De Block said. “That’s indeed what happened.” RELATED: De Block and his colleagues at the NWS forecast office in C...

April 27, 2011: It wasn’t Alabama’s first - or last - tornado super outbreak Updated 7:12 AM; Today 5:30 AM Alabama was hit with 62 tornadoes on April 27, 2011, 10 years ago today. Here are the warnings issued by the National Weather Service that day. At least 240 people were killed in Alabama. Facebook Share Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the worst day in many Alabamians’ lives: The historic tornado super outbreak of April 27, 2011. It’s a day most can’t forget — even though they may want to. Sixty-two tornadoes, more than an average year’s worth, tore across the Alab...

Apr 06, 2021 Internet bandwidth issues at the National Weather Service are hampering the agency’s ability to get its forecasts and warnings out to the public, according to a recent report by the Washington Post. Most recently, NWS experienced a systemwide failure at its College Park data center that impacted networks nationwide. According to March 30 status reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction, several weather offices and forecasters at air traffic control centers nationwide lost communications with the NWS Networ...

Bill Murray | March 17, 2021 @ 7:54 am A Tornado Watch has been issued for a large part of western and Central Arkansas including the Little Rock area. Strong thunderstorms now over the Arklatex region will overspread the watch area this morning. A few tornadoes, including a couple of intense tornadoes are likely. Tornado watches now cover much of Arkansas, northern Mississippi, and southwestern Tennessee. We will have continuous updates today, tonight, and into Thursday morning as the severe weather event unfolds. Be a Hero today. From John DeBlock at the NWS Birmingham: “Wi...