Lake Purdy News

THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REGIONS PARK OR HOOVER METa OR NEAR HOOVERa MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

Nature's symphony surrounds you, along with an almost imperceptible splash of oars.

Two years ago, we thought the drought would never end. A year ago this week, parts of Alabama that had been in the exceptional drought category moved into the less severe stage of extreme drought, marking the first time in almost a year the nation had been free of the worst drought level.

Bo Crawford of Alabaster has caught a lake-record 4 pound, 14-ounce spotted bass from Lake Purdy near Birmingham.

The Cahaba River has one reservoir that it feeds, making up some 1050 surface acres of freshwater access in the state of Alabama.

A flash flood watch is set for this afternoon over much of metro Birmingham. Up to 4 inches of rain could fall along and north of I-20 between noon and 6 p.m. Jefferson, St.