Late Afternoon Discussion

In the weather office at ABC 33/40 now…. here are some thoughts on what we can expect tonight.

*The primary threat of organized severe weather for Alabama will be in the 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. time frame, and the greatest risk is from a derecho with widespread damaging straight line wind. The latest SPC outlook shows a 45 percent chance of damaging wind within 25 miles of a point across most of North and Central Alabama. That is a very high percentage for a severe weather threat.

*Isolated severe storms are possible between now and 9:00 p.m. Shear values are expected to increase after 7:00 p.m., and a tornado is not out of the question. But, all of this activity should be widely scattered at best, and much of the state will be dry through the evening hours.

NOTES:

*We will be doing a special on the live stream on abc3340.com tonight at 7:00….. we invite you to join us then as we discuss tonight’s expected severe weather event. You can see our radar on that live stream anytime we are not using it for severe weather coverage or breaking news.

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See you on the stream at 7:00….