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Marginal Risk Introduced For Northwestern Alabama Tonight; Update On Saturday’s Threat
The Storm Prediction Center has recently defined the northwestern parts of Central Alabama and the western parts of North Alabama in a Marginal Risk of severe storms throughout the rest of the night and into the overnight hours. Continue reading
Good News At Midday, Rainfall Diminishing Over North Alabama
It may not be the best news at the moment, but it is much better than it has been over the past few days. Currently at 12:45 PM, we have scattered light showers over the north and northwestern parts of the state while only a couple of isolated stray showers south of the I-59 corridor. Continue reading
More Heavy Rain Expected For North & Northwest Alabama
The latest from the Weather Prediction Office of the NWS states that rainfall amounts over the next six hours could reach as high as 1-3 inches over the north and northwestern parts of Alabama, leading to even more flooding issues. Continue reading
Heavy Rain & Storms Drenching the Central Alabama Evening
Radar at 6:43 shows a large shield of rain and thunderstorms over much of the northeastern quarter of the state, with a few stronger storms on the southern end now moving north of and approaching the city of Clanton. Continue reading
Flash Flood Watch Issued For North Alabama Through Saturday Morning
Due to the moderate to high risk of flash flooding expected across North Alabama on Friday, NWS Huntsville has converted all of their county warning area to a Flash Flood Watch. The potential flash flood setup — particularly for areas north of the Tennessee River — is very concerning. Continue reading
Rain Falling Once Again In North/Central Alabama At Midday
We have some scattered shower activity over the southern parts of Central Alabama, but the coverage of those are not that great at the moment. Continue reading
Stronger Storms Approaching Montgomery & Wetumpka
As of 7:45 pm, radar shows the line of thunderstorms continuing to push eastward across Central Alabama, now with all of the activity east of I-59. Continue reading
Dry West Of I-59, Storms To The East
While the heavier showers and storms have now moved out of the areas stricken with flooding rains earlier today, unfortunately, those flood issues will continue for a little while longer. Continue reading
While Severe Threat Lessens, Strong Storms Continue In North/Central Alabama
The latest Day 1 Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center shows that the Slight Risk for severe storms for the southwestern parts of Central Alabama has been removed and replaced with a Marginal Risk. Continue reading
Strong Storms Moving Into Jefferson County
The line of storms is now slowly pushing into the western parts of Jefferson County, with the southwestern parts of the county about to experience very heavy rainfall, dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, and winds in excess of 40 MP Continue reading
