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A Brief Break This Afternoon

| March 26, 2009 @ 7:07 am | 5 Replies

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RIGHT NOW: Some late reports from the ongoing event…

*House fire, most likely due to lightning, in Hoover on Monte D’Oro Dr… one person possibly injured due to burns
*Trees down on Roy Drive & Wage St in Helena. Road completely blocked.
*Concord Fire reports a very large tree down across Warrior River Rd. and 6524 address. There is a car involved and power lines are down. Slight injuries reported.
*Scattered trees down in Parrish
*Structural damage to home in Fayette on Brazael rd and another home on Junkins rd…extent of damage unknown at this time.
*In Hoover, Valleydale Rd & Lake View Dr completely blocked by tree per Hoover FD
*Tree down on a mobile home in Alabaster on 5th Avenue SE
*Trees are down blocking Pleasant Grove road near Pleasant Grove
*Extensive damage and a large number of injuries in Magee, Mississippi late last night from a significant tornado

LATER TODAY: The storms will move out of Alabama this morning, and the weather will improve greatly this afternoon as the sky becomes partly sunny. Temperatures will rise into the 70s.

TONIGHT: More showers and storms will develop tonight; SPC has the southern half of Alabama in a slight risk of severe weather. You know the deal, with thunderstorms, expect the unexpected, so once again we will probably burn the midnight oil in the weather office just in case things begin hopping up this way.

MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SATURDAY: This remains the time period when dangerous weather is most likely, and we will face an enhanced risk of severe weather. A powerful short wave will move out of West Texas, and a deepening surface low will move from near Dallas/Fort Worth to near Paducah, Kentucky. A large warm sector will cover the Deep South, and with very high low level helicity values and high shear values, a few long track tornadoes will be possible. It is likely that at least a moderate risk will be required.

TIMING: The GFS is a little slower on the 00Z run. Looks like we will have a long window for severe weather; in the period from around 6:00 p.m. tomorrow through 12:00 noon Saturday. Initially, there will be a risk of discrete supercell storms with potential for a few long track tornadoes, and these are the ones we will really have to watch. Then, it should roll over into a long squall line Saturday morning, finally moving into Georgia by late afternoon.

These storms tomorrow night and Saturday will mean business, and once again we encourage you to review your family safety plan, and be sure your NOAA Weather Radio is programmed properly for your county since many of the warnings will come during the pre-dawn hours Saturday.

SUNDAY AND BEYOND: Drier air returns Saturday night, and Sunday will be mostly sunny and cooler. Yet another strong system impacts Alabama Tuesday of next week, and there is now some evidence there could be sufficient moisture and instability return for yet another round of severe storms. We will deal with that event a little later after the first event is over. And, more severe weather threats show up well into April as this very active pattern continues. Looks like this might be a severe weather season to remember for the Deep South.

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Today I will be doing programs at Pinson Elementary, Hunter Street Baptist Church, and Deer Valley Elementary in Hoover. I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted here by 3:30 or so this afternoon… and we will keep the blog updated with fresh information as always…

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