Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley issued an emergency declaration effective Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. >> Governor issues statewide state of emergency due to expected impact of severe weather >> Five tornadoes confirmed so far from Tuesday’s storms >> Wiregrass cleaning up damage after Tuesday storms…
From 12:01 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26th, to midnight Sunday, Feb. 28th, Alabama will mark its fifth annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday weekend. Certain severe weather preparedness items are exempt from the state’s four percent sales tax, and in…
On Christmas Day, the entire state of Alabama was placed under a state of emergency related to excessive rainfall and flooding. Alabama experienced record rainfall and record temperatures. Rivers in Alabama that exceeded the flood stage include the Pea, Alabama,…
For the second time in a week, the entire state of Alabama is being placed under a state of emergency. Ice accumulations from .25 to .30 of an inch are expected as well as sleet accumulations of up to a half-inch between…
All 67 counties in Alabama have been under a state of emergency since 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2014, due to deadly tornadoes and flooding that followed the next day. The National Weather Service confirmed at least 18 tornadoes occurred in Alabama. Five…
Gov. Robert Bentley lifted the state of emergency related to this week’s winter storm at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14. Alabama began its third state of emergency in a month at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11. Status report issued Thursday morning, Feb. 13…
Fourteen different tornadoes, some of which crossed county lines, hit south Alabama on Christmas Day 2012. Three tornadoes hit Lowndes County, the most in any one county. Mobile and Pike counties were the hardest hit areas. (On Dec. 20, an…