Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

WFO Huntsville Awarded Department of Commerce Bronze Medal

WFO Huntsville Meteorologist-In-Charge John Gordon poses with the Bronze Medal at the awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The National Weather Service forecast offices in Huntsville and Birmingham recently received the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for "providing outstanding warnings and advisories which resulted in saving of lives during the historic Alabama floods in May 2003." WFO Huntsville Meteorologist-In-Charge John Gordon and Senior Forecaster William Schaub were Huntsville's representatives to the awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, December 2.

Left: Waters from the Tennessee River inundate McFarland Park in Florence during the record floods. This view taken from above on Hwy 72. on May 10, 2003. Right: The Tennessee River floods Riverloop Road in northeastern Morgan County on May 9, 2003.

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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Huntsville WFO Awarded Department of Commerce Bronze Medal in 2003