SUMMARY…An isolated damaging wind gust or brief tornado cannot be ruled out over the next few hours.
DISCUSSION…A line of shallow thunderstorms with overall decreasing lightning trends continues to push east along a cold front from eastern AL into western GA. Surface analysis shows a narrow plume of upper 60s F dewpoints ahead of the front, and also west of an established stationary wedge front over GA. Two-hour pressure falls were also in excess of 2 mb, indicative of strong southwesterly low-level flow which may allow for some northeastward advancement of the marginally unstable air. Overall, the environment will become less favorable for severe storms as they cross into the cooler air. Until then, low-level shear and sufficient instability may support periodic strong wind gusts or even a brief QLCS tornado along the cold front.
