My Huntsville about.com Weekend Forecast
On the weather map...High pressure will dominate much of the extended Thanksgiving weekend. It will be sunny...but a shade cool on Thanksgiving Day through Saturday Night. A disturbance will get close enough to bring on a chance of some rain on Sunday. For now that system will bring a few scattered showers...but heavy rainfall does not look likely. Even better rain chances loom for the first part of next week.My official Tennessee Valley weekend forecast...Thanksgiving Day...Partly cloudy & cool. High 54.Thursday Night...Partly cloudy. Low 32.Friday...Sunny. High 51.Friday Night...Clear skies. Low 31.Saturday...Mostly sunny. High 58.Satu

My Huntsville about.com Weekend Forecast
On the weather map...Friday looks cool but dry. A small disturbance will move in for Friday & Saturday...bringing clouds and perhaps a few showers. Neither day looks like a washout. But highs those days will not reach 60 degrees. An early look at Thanksgiving...looks dry for now but looking cold as well. It's over a week away so things can change...My official Tennessee Valley weekend forecast...For Friday...Mostly sunny. High 63.Friday Night...Increasing clouds. Low 42.Saturday...Cloudy with a 30% chance of showers. High 58.Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy. A 30% chance of showers. Low 48.Sunday...Mostly cloudy. A 30% chance of showers. High 57

November 15, 1989 Huntsville Tornado - A Look Back - Conclusion
On the morning of Thursday November, 16...the city began the recovery for the blow the tornado left behind. Cold & wind chill were main factors...but snow began to fall by late morning as well. It did briefly accumulate before moving out.In the weeks after the tornado, several memorial services were held in town...with the main one at the Von Braun Convention Center. Here's a clip of some of the service (note...very touching moment at the 7:15 mark)...In the years after the tornado, many changes have taken place to ensure that life-saving information can be received in a timely matter. Bob Baron, then the chief meteorologist at WAFF-TV 48 that night, reti

November 15, 1989 Huntsville Tornado - A Look Back - Part 3
As the tornado develops, may television views were watching WAAY-TV 31 as weatherman Gary Dobbs was providing severe weather cut-ins throughout the afternoon. Wall-to-wall tornado coverage was non-exsistant in the 1980s. This video includes a live cut-in as Gary Dobbs receives the frist report of the tornado one the ground...As the tornado crosses Memorial Parkway & heads up Airport Road cars are being tossed like toys. Several of those killed were in cars. Severe damage occurred at Country Club Apartments. The tornado continued up Airport Road & completely leveled business like Gates Cleaners. Damage was also reported at Crestwood Medical Center as well as the Winn

November 15, 1989 Huntsville Tornado - A Look Back - Part 2
Picking up from part 1...the squall line begins to infringe on the Alabama border counties near the Mississippi State line. In their path...that National weather Service begins to issue blanket Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for those counties. A Tornado Warning or two was needed...but even with those...only funnel clouds were observed. The storms were bringing winds well in excess of 70 mph & hail from golf ball to baseball in size.As the storms approached a line from Taft, Tennessee to Decatur, Alabama more reports of funnel clouds, wind damage, & a hail reports were being reported. Around 4 pm, the National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Mo