Early Afternoon Update
Not much change in our thinking for tonight… an organized batch of storms will move across the northern 2/3 of Alabama.
*Storms will move from northwest to southeast… so they enter the Tennessee Valley first around 7 p.m.
*The main threat will come from damaging straight line winds, although an isolated tornado is possible.
*There is a chance this event could be similar to the June 28 derecho event that produced fairly widespread wind damage.
*Higher chance of wind damage tonight will be along and west of I-65, although a few severe storms are possible over East Alabama as well.
*Be sure you can hear warnings tonight, and pay attention to severe thunderstorm warnings.
*Additional severe storms will likely develop tomorrow afternoon and evening; SPC now has much of Alabama in the standard level 2/5 risk; damaging wind will be the main threat, but again an isolated tornado is not out of the question.
I will have a new forecast discussion and Weather Xtreme video posted a little later this afternoon.
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