Several chances for severe weather coming for Alabama
Parts of Alabama could be looking at several chances for severe storms in the next five days.
One of those chances comes today.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has a Level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather for the southwest part of Alabama today (see the map at the top of this post for the areas affected).
A Level 1 risk is marginal and means that isolated severe storms will be possible.
The National Weather Service in Mobile said the storms could arrive in the form of a squall line and track from west to east across the south Alabama.
Damaging wind gusts will be one of the things to watch for, and a tornado or two could also be possible, according to forecasters.
Storms will be possible as soon as this morning near the Mississippi border and will shift eastward through the day today.
Here’s the timing from the weather service:
Strong to severe storms could enter western Alabama this morning and push eastward through the afternoon.
The weather service said that there will also be a limited risk of flooding for southwest Alabama as the storms move through:
There will be a low risk for flooding today in southwest Alabama, with slightly higher chances for the areas that are circled.
Rain and storms will be possible across the rest of Alabama on Friday, but the storms are expected to stay below severe limits.
And flooding isn’t as much of a concern for those areas, either.
The weather service said that forecast models have backed off on rain amounts expected today into Saturday for north and central Alabama.
SATURDAY’S OUTLOOK
The threat for storms could continue for parts of south Alabama into Saturday. Here is Saturday’s severe weather outlook:
Southeast Alabama could see a few strong storms on Saturday.
The National Weather Service said damaging winds will again be something to watch out for on Saturday, and a tornado or two can’t be ruled out.
No severe weather is expected for north and north-central Alabama, but rain and thunderstorms will be possible.
WATCHING NEXT WEEK
More storms could be possible across much of Alabama on Tuesday. This is the severe weather outlook for Tuesday.
More storms will be possible in Alabama next week, and more of the state could be affected.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has added a risk for severe weather for a large part of Alabama for Tuesday as another cold front approaches the state.
Severe weather on Tuesday isn’t a sure thing, but the SPC said conditions could favor storms as the front moves through.
Rain could linger into Wednesday, but drier weather is expected through the end of next week.