BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The major issue this morning is the threat of severe weather, including rain, severe storms, high winds and tornadoes, in the Birmingham area, causing school closures and delays in the area.
The forecast calls for severe weather to hit the Birmingham are starting at 6 a.m. There is tornado watch in effect for central Alabama counties, including Jefferson, until 10 a.m.
The storms are expected to bring rain, gusts up to 35 miles per hour, and a drop in temperatures.
There are no major issues with the storms or warnings in the Birmingham metro area as of 7:30 a.m.
Click here for school closings and delays in the Birmingham and central Alabama area.
Traffic Mike has information on your commute today, which is likely to see the affects of high winds, perhaps downed trees, or worse.
What's in the paper: BP's $4 billion settlement in the Deepwater Horizon incident, disabilities are no barrier in many high school sports, the latest on the Gardendale pastor accused of murder, the latest on Jefferson County's negotiations with Wall Street, our legislature's resistance to federal gun regulation, prison sex controversy, obits, opinion, sports, business and much, much more.
Gomer got married! Gaaaahhhhhh-leeee! Jim Nabors, the Sylacauga native who played Gomer Pyle for years on the "Andy Griffith Show" and later on "Gomer Pyle, USMC," has married his partner of nearly 40 years.
Gomer, er, I mean, Nabors, who is 82, married Stan Cadwallader, 64, of Seattle, earlier this month.
Escaped emus reunited, and it feels so good: Two giant flightless birds that escaped from a Morris, Ala. residence have been recaptured and reunited after a several-day escapade.
The emus, Jethro and Ellie Mae (yes, named after the "Beverly Hillbillies" characters), initially escaped on Jan. 19.
"They got a brain about the size of a pea, and one of them went west and the other one went east," their owner said.
On the Political Agenda: Obama talks a path to citizenship, commenters are not buying arguments from PSC Commissioners Twinkle Cavanaugh and Jeremy Oden, and Jefferson County is against the wall.
Read more here.
There's a hostage situation in Dale County: A man allegedly shot and killed a school bus driver in Midland City, Ala., and is holed up with the child in an underground bunker, talking to police through a PVC pipe.
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Source: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/01/the_boost_severe_weather_runaw.html
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