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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Severe storms with 60-plus mph winds could hit central Alabama today
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The National Weather Service is warning about the possibility of a few severe storms that could hit central Alabama through 9 p.m. and bring winds greater than 60 miles per hour. The agency's offices at the Shelby County Airport issued the hazardous weather outlook this afternoon concerning the threat of severe storms from this afternoon to…
View full size BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The National Weather Service is warning
about the possibility of a few severe storms that could hit central Alabama
through 9 p.m. and bring winds greater than 60 miles per hour.
The agency’s offices at the Shelby County Airport issued
the hazardous weather outlook this afternoon concerning the threat of severe
storms from this afternoon to around 9 p.m.
The main threat identified by the agency with the storms
involves isolated damaging winds at more than 60 mph, according to the warning.
The agency at 3:51 p.m. noted a strong thunderstorm near
the Shelby County Airport and the Calera area moving south. Forecasters
expected the storm to bring 40 mph gusts along with heavy rain and frequent,
dangerous lightning.
The particular storm carried a warning for southern
Shelby County and northern Chilton County through 4:30 p.m.
The hazardous weather outlook statement covers the central Alabama counties served by
the National Weather Service’s Birmingham-area facility in Shelby County.
Krauthammer Jumps The Shark-Defaults To Bashing President Despite Strong, Right Wing Approval Of Obama Decision On Syria
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Walker head coach John Holladay placed on paid leave after altercation
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Birmingham police conducting homicide investigation into 55-year-old victim
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The Birmingham Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation after officers responded to a report of a stabbing at about 10 p.m. on Friday. Police identified the victim as John Mullins, 55, of Birmingham, whom officers found after responding to the report in the 500 block of 41st North, according to a media release. No arrests…
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The Birmingham Police Department is
conducting a homicide investigation after officers responded to a report of a
stabbing at about 10 p.m. on Friday.
Police identified the victim as John Mullins, 55, of Birmingham,
whom officers found after responding to the report in the 500 block of 41st
North, according to a media release. No arrests had been made as of earlier
this afternoon.
Police received the report of an individual stabbed at
the location and discovered the man lying outside with a stab wound to the
back.
Personnel from Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded to
the scene and transported the man to UAB Hospital, where he was later
pronounced dead.
Investigators are asking that anyone who has information
about the case to call the Birmingham Police Department at 254-1764 or Crime
Stoppers at 254-7777.
Birmingham Water Works crew tames geyser (photos)
A two to -three-inch diameter hole in a 10-inch pipe caused the geyser, which continued for more than eight hours.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Crews from the Birmingham Water Works labored through the early afternoon to plug a hole in a water main that created a geyser in the Roosevelt City neighborhood for more than eight hours today.
A neighborhood resident called police, reporting the sound of an explosion, at about 6 a.m., a police officer on the scene said. Water Works personnel were on the scene in Roosevelt City Park by 9 a.m. and brought in heavy equipment at about 1:30. A police officer estimated the height of the column of water at as much as 80 feet.
The cause of the break in the water main was not clear, though a Birmingham police officer at the scene said there was no indication that anyone had been digging at the site.
The crew’s first attempt to place a metal clamp over the hole in the 10-inch pipe failed when the water, under high pressure, blew out a rubber lining on the clamp. Workers said the hole in the pipe was between two and three inches in diameter.
A second attempt to put a wrap-around clamp over the hole in the pipe succeeded at about 2:40 p.m.
Water Works employees referred questions to an agency spokeswoman. Efforts to reach the spokeswoman were not immediately successful.
In the hours that the leak continued children gathered in the park played in the temporary creek that carried the water to the park’s football practice field. Football players and other children gathered downwind of the geyser to cool off.
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Obama seeks Congress OK for Syria action
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