Alabama will again run the risk of seeing a few severe storms, but this time they may not appear until this afternoon or tonight.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a Level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather later today for areas in Alabama roughly along and south of the Interstate 20 corridor.

Rain and a few storms were moving across the northern part of the state on Wednesday morning, but they were not expected to become severe.

The National Weather Service thinks today’s round of storms won’t actually arrive here until this afternoon or tonight, and they could last into Thursday morning.

A Level 1 risk means isolated severe storms will be possible, and they could bring damaging winds and hail along with them.

Most of the rest of the state has the potential to see rain and storms too, but organized severe weather is not expected.

More storms are expected, this time during the day, on Thursday and again on Friday, when a cold front is expected to move into the state.

Here’s the severe outlook for Thursday:

On Thursday, forecasters will be watching for another cluster of storms, or mesoscale convective system (MCS), to slide into the state from the northwest.

Thursday’s storms could also bring along damaging winds and hail.

Here’s the outlook for Friday:

There is some good news in this forecast.

The weather service expects Friday to be the last day for severe weather risks for Alabama (at least for a while), and cooler temperatures and sunny skies are expected over the weekend.

After Friday there is no severe weather in the forecast for Alabama through next week (fingers crossed).