Severe Storms & Tornado Risk | Freeze Ahead

BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY, OUR FIRST WARNING ALERT DAYS. AND THAT JUST MEANS THAT TIMES WHERE THEY COULD BE DANGEROUS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW. THE TIMING BETWEEN 9:00 SUNDAY NIGHT TO ABOUT 4 A.M. MONDAY MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 70MPH WITH THIS MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS. THE MAIN IMPACTS FOR YOU WOULD BE WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE THAT COULD END UP TO POWER OUTAGES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA, AND THEN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY TOO. BUT HERE’S A LOOK AT THE OUTLOOK FROM THE STORM. PREDICTION CENTER’S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SINCE YESTERDAY. THEY EXPANDED THIS ORANGE LEVEL THREE ENHANCED RISK JUST BY A LITTLE BIT. BUT THIS LEVEL THREE IS FOR HUNTSVILLE IN COLEMAN. BERRY. JASPER. WALKER COUNTY DOWN TOWARDS TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. PICKENSVILLE. ALICEVILLE AND NORTHWARD. THE LEVEL TWO RISK IS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS OUTLOOK THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, PROBABILITY WISE, THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL IS GOING TO BE IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA. BUT THAT POTENTIAL IS STILL THERE FOR THE REST OF ALABAMA, TOO. IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS CHANGES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO DON’T LET THIS BE THE LAST TIME YOU CHECK IN ON THE FORECAST. AND WHEN I SAY THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT HERE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO, IF NOT ABOVE 70MPH POSSIBLE. THAT I WOULD SAY IS THE MAIN THREAT WITHIN THAT LINE. WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME TORNADOES. TOO. LARGE HAIL IS MAINLY A THREAT FOR SOUTH ALABAMA, AND ALL OF THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. SO MAKE SURE YOUR DEVICES ARE CHARGED UP AND YOU HAVE A GOOD WAY TO RECEIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS LOOKS MORE TO BE AN OVERNIGHT SYSTEM. THIS IS THE BROADER SYSTEM BRINGING SNOW TO THE NORTH AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH, WHERE THERE’S A LITTLE BIT MORE HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR SOME INSTABILITY. THIS IS 8 P.M. IS RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP. AND THEN CROSSING DETROIT. RED BAY. MOULTON, IN COLEMAN, JASPER, TUSCALOOSA AND HUNTSVILLE AS EARLY AS 11 A.M. AND AGAIN, IT’S GOING TO BE THIS MAIN LINE HERE THAT’S GOING TO PRODUCE THOSE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS. AGAIN, UP TO 70MPH WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL OF THAT BEING IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA. AND WITHIN THAT LINE, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THERE COULD BE A TORNADO OR TWO AS THIS AS THIS SYSTEM CROSSES THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA, WE’LL JUST BE ON ALERT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT. SO AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD WAY TO RECEIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THIS IS MIDNIGHT CROSSING THAT METRO AREA. THIS IS 1 A.M. GADSDEN ANNISTON. THAT’S YOU GUYS OUT OF HERE BY 3 A.M. MONDAY MORNING. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SNOW FLURRIES BACK BEHIND THIS. IF WE GET ENOUGH OF THAT UPPER LEVEL LIFT AND ENOUGH MOISTURE BACK BEHIND THIS FRONT, THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE. AND EVEN IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN, THIS IS NOT LOOKING LIKE A HIGH IMPACT SNOW FLURRY EVENT, JUST SOME FLURRIES FALLING OUT OF THE SKY. NOT EVERYBODY WILL EVEN SEE THAT NOW. RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND UP TO A FULL INCH WITH THE MOST RAINFALL IN NORTH ALABAMA. HERE’S THE TIMELINE ONE MORE TIME. I KNOW WE JUST WALKED THROUGH THE FUTURE TRACK, BUT THIS IS MORE COUNTY BY COUNTY, NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM COLBERT, HAMILTON, MARION COUNTY’S WINSTON. FAYETTE. WALKER, LAMAR, PICKENS COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND 1 A.M. 11 P.M. TO 3 A.M. FOR THE BIRMINGHAM METRO JEFFERSON COUNTY SHELBY AS FAR SOUTH AS BIBB AND CHILTON. TUSCALOOSA GREENVILLE PERRY. DALLAS COUNTIES UP TO JACKSON AND ATTALLA AND BAILEYTON. CULLMAN COUNTY 2 A.M. TO 7 A.M. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. CLAY, COOSA, TALLAPOOSA. TALLADEGA, RANDOLPH LEE COUNTIES. THAT’S YOU GUYS. AND LIKE I SAID, BACK BEHIND THIS, TEMPERATURES DROP, THE WIND SPEEDS INCREASE. THAT’S WHAT HELPS GENERATE THOSE FLURRIES. MONDAY LATE MORNING. BUT BY TUESDAY MORNING IT’S AN IMPACT DAY BECAUSE TEMPERATURES DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING IN THE MID 20S, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY DAMAGE SOME OF THOSE EARLY BLOOMS OVERALL, IMPACTING THE EARLY GROWING SEASON. WE’VE BEEN SEEING HERE IN ALABAMA. SO A LOT OF ALERT AND IMPACT DAYS START THE WEEK. BUT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY NEXT WEEK, AND EVE