Jordan West

United States

Meteorologist at WVTM-TV (Birmingham, AL)

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Alabama looks warm and humid in the coming days, with storms Thursday

1 month ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

FIRST, THIS IS WVTM 13 WEATHER. IT’S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR MOST OF ALABAMA TODAY, BUT THE WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER VANCE IS PICKING UP ON SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA. THE FIRST ONE HERE IS IN MARION COUNTY AND SOME OF LAMAR COUNTY TWO COMING OUT OF DETROIT INTO BIRD FULTON BRIDGE. YOU GUYS ARE SEEING SOME RAIN. HAMILTON, PEA RIDGE, PIERCE MILLS, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING READY TO SEE SOME RAIN OVER HACKLEBURG AND OVER HIGHWAY 43 AND HIGHWAY 278.
Cahaba River Cleanup: Alabama volunteers tackle trash during Earth Week

1 month ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

THE CAHABA RIVER, A VITAL WATERWAY FLOWING THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA, IS GETTING A MUCH NEEDED SPRING CLEANING THIS WEEK THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF THE CAHABA RIVER SOCIETY AND THE GROWING ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS. THIS ANNUAL EARTH WEEK CLEANUP IS NOT JUST ABOUT PICKING UP TRASH. IT’S ABOUT COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING A PRECIOUS, NATURAL RESOURCE. THE CLEANUP LIKE THIS IS PRETTY NO PROBLEM, BUT TURNING IT INTO TEN CLEANUPS OVER SIX DAYS IS IS A BIGGER DEAL.
15 Years After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Examining the Gulf's Economic Recovery

1 month ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

Fifteen years ago, on April 20, 2010, a catastrophic explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig, located 89 miles off the Alabama coast, claimed the lives of 11 crew members and injured 17 others. The ensuing oil spill became the largest offshore oil disaster in U.S. history, unleashing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly five months before the leak was finally sealed.
Rain and storms looks likely in Alabama's forecast Monday and Tuesday

1 month ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING WE’VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE GULF IS THE WARM, HUMID AIR THAT’S BEEN KEEPING THESE CLOUDS LOOKING PRETTY HEAVY TODAY, BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY RAIN OUT THERE. WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW, GADSDEN, WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING AT 80 DEGREES. THE COOSA RIVER MOVING NICE AND SLOWLY. BUT AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE REST OF THIS EVENING, TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN TO THE 70S.
2025 Hurricane Season: Colorado State forecasts above-normal season

1 month ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

TALKING ABOUT HURRICANE SEASON. YOU’VE GOT SOME NEW DETAILS TO TELL US ABOUT. THAT’S RIGHT. AND I MEAN LAST YEAR WAS A PRETTY ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON ITSELF. WE HAD HURRICANE MOULTON, DEBBY AND HELENE ALL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE FLORIDA COASTLINE. KILLEEN MADE ITS WAY THROUGH GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS, BRINGING SOME SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THERE. FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA, IMPACTING PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI.
Once the rain clear, spring break looks beautiful in Alabama

2 months ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

OTHER PARTS. PORTIONS OF ALABAMA. BUT HERE’S WHAT’S ON THE TABLE. HEAVY RAIN, THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND GUSTS OVER 50MPH, AND EVEN SOME QUARTER SIZED HAIL. YOU CAN SEE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLINED SOME LEVEL OF RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. AND THAT’S WHY TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING HAVE BEEN DECLARED IMPACT DAYS. AND THAT JUST MEANS THERE’S A HIGHER CHANCE THE WEATHER WILL IMPACT YOUR NORMAL ROUTINE. THIS GREEN COLOR HERE IS A LEVEL ONE OF FIVE ON THE SCALE, AND YOU HAVE THE YELLOW COLOR. THERE.
Seeing the storm first: How the WVTM 13 Live Doppler Radar works

2 months ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

SHELTERS. YOU CAN GO TO IF NEEDED. WELL, JASON TAYLOR AND THE REST OF OUR WEATHER TEAM WILL BE USING EVERY TOOL AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO GIVE YOU UP TO THE MINUTE INFORMATION. IT INCLUDES OUR LIVE DOPPLER, GIVING YOU A THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE WHEN STORMS ARE HEADING YOUR WAY. METEOROLOGIST JORDAN WEST BREAKS DOWN HOW IT WORKS. SEVERE WEATHER IS ON THE WAY, AND THE WVTM 13 WEATHER TEAM HAS YOU COVERED. WE’RE THE ONLY STATION IN THE AREA WITH OUR OWN PERSONAL LIVE DOPPLER.
Lunar Eclipse: The Blood Worm Moon will shine across Alabama

2 months ago | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

SPECIAL THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WILL BE A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE. YEAH, SO THE FIRST IN NEARLY THREE YEARS TO BE VISIBLE ACROSS THE U.S. THIS FRIDAY, THE MOON WILL LOOK LIKE A STRIKING RED COLOR. WVTM 13 METEOROLOGIST JORDAN WEST JOINING US IN STUDIO NOW. JORDAN, WHEN WILL THE ECLIPSE BEGIN IN ALABAMA? WELL, IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD SET YOUR ALARMS TO 1 A.M. FRIDAY MORNING. SO IT TECHNICALLY STARTS AROUND JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING. 12:09 A.M. THEN WE START TO SEE THE FULL COVERAGE.
Impact Day: Storms return to Alabama's weather forecast next Saturday

Mar 8, 2025 | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

MOST PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP BY THAT TIME, BUT WE ARE PICKING UP ON SOME NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THIS IS THE LIVINGSTON AREA. THE WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER SHOWING SOME SHOWERS RIGHT THERE ALONG STATE ROAD 17 NEAR BRAGGSVILLE UP TOWARDS BOLIGEE SOMERVILLE. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING READY TO SEE SOME RAIN, BUT ZOOMING OUT A LITTLE BIT IN SUMTER COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE THE THUNDERSTORM COMING IN FROM THE WEST RIGHT THERE ALONG MERIDIAN AND UPWARDS THROUGH I-20.
High winds rip roof off Pine Mountain home, leaving trail of damage

Mar 5, 2025 | wvtm13.com | Jordan West

WE’VE GOTTEN A LOT OF DAMAGE REPORTS. THERE. OUR METEOROLOGIST, METEOROLOGIST JORDAN WEST, WENT OUT THERE THIS EVENING AND HE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT. JORDAN. THAT’S RIGHT. LISA I MEAN, THE WIND GUSTS ARE JUST POWERFUL LAST NIGHT AS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST SWEPT ACROSS THE STATE. BUT I’M ON THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN BLOUNT AND SINCLAIR COUNTY. AND I MEAN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DAMAGE HERE ON THE GROUND.