Alabama is bracing for a wet and stormy Saturday.

Meteorologist Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist, Alabama Emergency Management Agency, said showers will start to spread across the state Friday night with a few non-severe thunderstorms forming Saturday morning into the afternoon. That will be followed by a broken to solid line of thunderstorms ahead of a strong cold front that will enter northwest Alabama late Saturday afternoon into the evening, moving southward and then exiting through the southeastern portion of the state by late Sunday morning.

Timeline for storms

Severe weather will enter the northwest and north-central parts of Alabama around 5 p.m. Saturday ending around midnight Sunday. The central part of the state, including Birmingham, will see storms starting around 9 p.m. Saturday and lasting until 6 a.m. Sunday. The southeastern parts of the state will have storms starting around 2 a.m. Saturday and lasting until 10 a.m. Sunday.

According to Stefkovich, while severe storms and a couple of tornadoes are possible anywhere across the state, the highest threat will be west of I-65 and north of I-20, an area upgraded by the Storm Prediction Center to a slight risk. The risk region could be expanded if more instability occurs, Stefkovich said.

Most of the threats will be during the nighttime hours so EMA advises people to have at least two methods to notify/wake you in the middle of the night if a warning is issued.

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Heavy rains, snow flurries?

The heaviest rainfall will exit the state Sunday morning but light to moderate rain is expected to continue, ending across the eastern sections of the state by late Sunday afternoon or early evening. The rain is needed, Stefkovich said, but forecasts indicate there may be localized, brief flooding associated with the line of storms in the northern part of the state. Temperatures will be dropping during the day on Sunday and there could be light snow flurries right before the precipitation ends north of a Fort Payne – Scottsboro – Huntsville line in northeast Alabama.  No accumulation will occur.

On Sunday, you can expect strong northwesterly winds that will last throughout the day and into the evening bringing sustained speeds of 15-25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.  Low temperatures by sunrise Monday will reach freezing across almost all of Alabama, ranging from the middle 20s in the north to middle 30s at the coast.  The wind should dry most roadways, bridges and overpasses before freezing temperatures occur.