The latest on Alabama’s severe weather threat: What to expect Tuesday night

Get ready, another round of strong to severe storms will be possible across all of Alabama on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service thinks the storms will arrive in the form of a squall line starting Tuesday night in west Alabama and quickly move eastward across the state through early Wednesday morning.

Forecasters are concerned about the possibility of damaging winds with Tuesday’s storms. Those winds could gust as high as 70-80 mph, according to the weather service.

There’s a chance for power outages and downed trees.

Forecasters said a few tornadoes will also be possible with the line of storms as well as heavy rain.

Tuesday will also be a windy day — and it will be windy long before storms arrive and possibly after they depart. Expect the winds to begin to pick up by Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday will be a good day to relocate anything outside that could be blown away by wind gusts as high as 40 mph, which is tropical storm strength. Wind advisories will likely be issued for parts of the state on Tuesday, according to the weather service.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a Level 2 out of 5 risk for severe weather for a large part of Alabama. A Level 2 risk means that scattered severe storms will be possible.

Areas in east Alabama have a Level 1 risk and could have to deal with isolated severe storms.

Forecasters think the strongest storms will likely affect west Alabama as the line moves in from Mississippi.

Storms could enter west and north Alabama between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday and track eastward through the night, according to the weather service.

Here’s a look at timing from the weather service:

NORTH ALABAMA

CENTRAL ALABAMA

Here’s the outlook for central Alabama on Tuesday.NWS

SOUTH ALABAMA