The Saturday Midday Report — Not an “Egg”cellent Day for Easter Egg Hunts

As of 1:27 pm, the western half of the area is starting to see a reduction in the coverage of showers, while the coverage over the eastern half remains rather high. It does look like the heavier precipitation is moving over into Georgia. Temperatures across the area were in the upper 40s to the upper 50s as of the 1 pm roundup. Anniston was the cool spot at 47º. Demopolis and Troy were the warm spots at 57º. Birmingham was sitting at 51º. Afternoon highs look to get into the mid 50s to the lower 60s, but the rain-cooled air and clouds may keep that from occurring.

Much of the activity will be out of the area by the start of the evening, but showers will remain possible along and east of a line from Heflin to Clanton to Linden. Otherwise, skies will be cloudy and overnight lows look to dip down into the 40s.

Easter Sunday will be a much brighter and warmer day across Central Alabama. Skies will start off partly to mostly sunny during the morning and will eventually become sunny by the afternoon. Afternoon highs will range from the mid 60s to the lower 70s.

ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY: During the early evening hours of 8 April 1998, a supercell formed within a line of thunderstorms over east-central Mississippi. This thunderstorm became tornadic shortly after moving east into Alabama. Although several supercells affected the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia with a variety of wind and hail damage on this particular day, it was this lone supercell that produced a family of six tornadoes across north-central Alabama and northwest Georgia. Thirty-four people were killed by the Alabama tornadoes, and there was one tornado-related fatality in northwest Georgia. Parts of western Jefferson County, AL, just west of Birmingham, were the hardest hit as an F5 tornado struck the area between 7:52 and 8:28 PM CDT, and resulted in 32 fatalities and 258 injuries. More than 1,100 permanent homes were destroyed by the Jefferson County tornado. (Kevin J. Pence & Brian E. Peters)

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