Good News: Severe Weather Threat May Be Lessening for Central Alabama

Tornadic supercell storms are still traversing areas near the Mississippi/Tennessee border from south of Memphis to near Savannah TN.

Storms are especially severe tonight over parts of Kentucky and Indiana. A severe storm caused a roof collapse at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere IL where a concert was getting ready to start. There have been multiple injuries reportedly. Another report said that the Coroner had been called. Belvidere is east of Rockford IL.

The good news is that further south, storms seem to be having a hard time forming and getting organized.

Looking at the mesoscale parameters, instability values over Alabama are lower. Speed shear is sufficient for organized storms from any updrafts that develop. Low level helicity is very strong across the northwestern third of Alabama.

So we will maintain a severe threat for the overnight hours, with a tornado threat northwest of a line from Reform to Jasper to Hanceville to Scottsboro.

But the good news is that severe weather parameters do appear to be decreasing, especially over Central Alabama. But let’s don’t let our guard down just yet.

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