WET TUESDAY: A large mass of rain with a few elevated thunderstorms will move across the northern half of Alabama today. The air will be cool and stable with temperatures holding in the 50s most of the day, and severe storms are not expected. However, to the south, strong to severe storms are likely over South Alabama. SPC continue to define a “slight risk” (level 2/5) for most of South Alabama, east of a line from Uniontown to Bay Minette.
WET MONDAY: Rain, mostly light to moderate, continues across parts of North/Central Alabama this afternoon. The sky is cloudy, and temperatures are mostly in the 60s. On the positive side, SPC has removed the “marginal risk” of severe thunderstorms for today and tonight. Rain will diminish this evening, although a few scattered showers could linger through the night.
RADAR CHECK: Showers cover much of North and West Alabama this afternoon; we note a few thunderstorms over the Tennessee Valley, but they are well below severe limits. Still, SPC maintains a low end, “marginal risk” of severe thunderstorms for North Alabama through the evening hours. There could be a stronger storm with small hail and gusty winds, but the overall risk is very low as the main dynamic support is lifting far to the north of Alabama.
STILL WET: Rain is fairly widespread over the northern half of Alabama early this morning, and a few strong to severe storms have popped up over Southeast Alabama, where SPC maintains a risk of severe thunderstorms.
STILL WET: Rain continues to fall over much of Alabama this afternoon; a flash flood watch is in effect for the southern 2/3 of the state through tonight (roughly from I-20 south). Additional rain amounts tonight of around 1 inch are likely.
ANOTHER SOAKER: A wave of low pressure will move along a stalled front just north of the Gulf Coast today, setting the stage for a wet and stormy day for Alabama with the dual threat of flash flooding and severe thunderstorms.
MILD AFTERNOON: Temperatures are generally in the low 70s across Alabama this afternoon… the average high for Birmingham on March 3 is 63. Most of North Alabama is dry, but showers continue over the southern half of the state.
**No Weather Xtreme video this morning** STORMY START: A tornado watch is in effect until 11a CT for parts of Central Alabama… A cluster of storms with embedded supercells and bowing segments will move eastward across central Alabama through the morning. The threat for damaging gusts and a couple of tornadoes will increase some as […]
RADAR CHECK: At mid-afternoon rain and a few thunderstorms are over Central Alabama… generally south of I-20. We note a couple of heavy thunderstorms over parts of Bibb and Shelby Counties moving east. The northern third of the state is dry for now, but rain and storms will likely move back in later tonight ahead of a cold front. There is a low end, “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe storms for far North and West Alabama tonight… heavier storms could produce gusty winds and some hail.
WET: After a beautiful weekend, the rains are back. Rain is fairly widespread across Alabama this morning, and we will have rain at times through tonight ahead of an approaching cold front. We do note SPC has defined a risk of severe storms over the northwest corner of the state around Florence/Muscle Shoals for late this afternoon and this evening; if we do have any strong storms there hail and strong gusty winds will be the main threat. Instability will be very limited.
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