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Active Morning to our Southwest: Will Be Watching Feature Later this Morning as it Gets to Alabama

| June 24, 2020 @ 7:02 am

The NWS in New Orleans has had a busy morning with storms over southeastern Louisiana in the Baton Rouge/Hammond area that are working their way up into Southern Louisiana. They have issued 9 tornado warnings so far, including one for a radar confirmed tornado when one of the storms was near Amite around 6:28.

The storms are associated with a mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) that moved onto the Louisiana coast overnight. It is moving northeast and will get into southwestern portions of Central Alabama after 9 a.m. The feature is taking advantage of a decent wind speeds around 5,000 feet to give it enough shear for rotation.

The storms are forecast by the Rapid Refresh model to weaken after a couple of hours but we will be watching them. Thee feature may get re-energized once it gets into Alabama later this morning into the early afternoon with the heating of the day.

Additional showers and storms will develop today in the warm, moist, and unstable airmass over the state.

There is a “marginal” risk (level 1/5) outlook for areas along and south of I-59 by the SPC for today and this evening. The main threat is damaging wind gusts.

There is a small risk of a tornado with the MCV as it evolves through the late morning and afternoon and with other storms that form later today mainly across South Alabama in the risk area.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather

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