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A Quick Check On Our Weather Situation At 1:25PM

| March 25, 2017 @ 1:23 pm

RADAR CHECK
The line of showers and storms continue to slowly inch its way across North/Central Alabama at the moment, stretching from Rogersville to Jasper to Uniontown. No warnings are currently in effect for Alabama, but we do have some strong storms out there.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY
For Central Limestone, Northwestern Morgan, and Eastern Lawrence Counties until 1:45 PM.
At 1:13 PM, a strong thunderstorm was near Moulton, moving northeast at 45 mph. Pea size hail and winds up to 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include… Decatur, Athens, Moulton, Trinity, Courtland, Tanner, North Courtland, Hillsboro, Cartwright and Coxey.

LATEST THINKING
A few strong to severe storms could be possible for the parts of Central Alabama east of a line from Haleyville to Tuscaloosa to Demoplis. The latest mesoscale discussion from the SPC has the likelihood of a watch being issued being really low, around 20%. A few instances of strong to damaging wind gusts and marginally severe hail will remain possible through mid afternoon. At this time the overall threat appears marginal, and a watch will probably not be necessary in this area unless storms begin to show evidence of greater organization and intensification.

Only marginal instability in Central Alabama, with CAPE values less than 1000 J/kg in the area. The main low-level jet will be north of our area, and winds will gradually weaken throughout the remainder of the day. Vertical wind profiles will be come less favorable for storm organization as the atmosphere destabilizes this afternoon.

So with that being said, the main threat for today’s event should be from thunderstorm winds, with a smaller threat coming from some hail. The tornado threat is very, very small, but you can expect the unexpected when it comes to severe weather in Central Alabama. Go ahead and be prepared just in case a warning is issued for your location.

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.

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