At 1140 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles southwest of Collinwood to 7 miles northeast of Tishomingo State Park to near Mantachie. Movement of this line was to the east at 15 mph.
Radar check at 9:50 pm shows some scattered light to moderate shower activity mainly over the northern parts of the area and down across the south and southeastern parts of North/Central Alabama.
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BIG CHANGES AHEAD: The sky has become cloudy across Alabama this afternoon, and some light rain is now falling over the western half of the state. Rain becomes widespread later tonight, and a few strong storms are possible across the southwest part of the state. SPC now has the southern part of Mobile and Baldwin counties in a “slight risk” (level 2/5) overnight, with a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) as far north as Linden and Fort Deposit.
NWS Birmingham issues a WIND ADVISORY for the following counties in Central Alabama starting at 6:00 pm tonight: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston. The advisory is set to expire at 12:00 pm Thursday.
NWS Huntsville issues a WIND ADVISORY for the following counties in North Alabama starting at 6:00 pm tonight: Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan. The advisory is set to expire at 12:00 pm Thursday.
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Another decent day of weather for Alabama with temperatures surging into the 60s this afternoon, enjoy those temps, because they will fall like a rock the next 24 hours.
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BIG CHANGES AHEAD: Today will be another fairly pleasant December day across Alabama as temperatures rise into the low 60s this afternoon. But, clouds will gradually increase, and rain moves into the state tonight ahead of a sharp cold front. SPC has parts of South and Southwest Alabama in a low end “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe thunderstorms late tonight
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