Confidence in severe weather affecting Alabama on Sunday is increasing, and there will be an enhanced risk for severe weather for part of the state.

More severe storms are in the forecast for Monday as well.

Tornadoes, damaging winds, hail and heavy rain will all be possible both days, according to the National Weather Service.

Sunday’s storms will affect the state during the overnight hours, so it’s important to make sure you have a reliable way to get severe weather alerts that can wake you up if needed.

Those include a weather radio, phone app or friend or family member.

The weather service said the timing on Sunday is still more uncertain than forecasters would like, but right now the thinking is that storms could begin to affect northern and western Alabama around 10-11 p.m. Sunday and track eastward and southward overnight.

Storms are expected to last into the day on Monday, and most of the state will have another risk for severe storms.

Here is the severe weather outlook for Monday:

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center issues severe weather outlooks for the entire nation.

Forecasters begin adding risk levels to forecasts for Days 1, 2 and 3. After Day 3 there is a more general severe weather forecast, which is why Monday’s outlook differs from Sunday’s.

The severe weather outlooks will be updated daily, and each one covers from 7 a.m. on the forecast day until 7 a.m. on the following day.

For Sunday, the Storm Prediction Center has a Level 3, or enhanced, risk for the northwestern corner of the state, including the Shoals, Decatur, Russellville and Hamilton.

A Level 3 risk means that numerous severe storms will be possible.

A wider swath of the state, including Huntsville, Gadsden Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, will have a Level 2 risk on Sunday.

A Level 2 risk means that scattered severe storms will be possible.

Nearly all of the rest of the state, except the extreme southeast, will have a Level 1 risk on Sunday, which means that isolated severe storms will be possible.

The weather service said there are several factors that could affect Sunday’s severe weather potential.

The weather service said clouds and rain during the day on Sunday could affect the severe weather chances later Sunday night. More clouds and rain could lessen the threat.

Storms are expected to continue into Monday as well as they push southward and eastward through the morning hours.

They could last until the afternoon hours in the southeastern part of the state, according to the weather service.

Calmer weather is expected starting late Monday and into Tuesday, but there is another chance for storms for northern Alabama on Wednesday.

The Storm Prediction Center has added a risk for severe weather for part of the state in its latest forecast update: