There will be a Level 2 out of 5 severe weather risk for parts of Alabama on Friday.
Strong to severe storms will be possible in Alabama on Friday and also on Saturday. Above is the severe weather outlook for Friday. Damaging winds, tornadoes and heavy rain will all be possible through Saturday.
Severe weather will be possible in Alabama on Friday, and forecasters now think Saturday could bring a few severe storms as well. There will be a Level 2 out of 5 severe weather risk for parts of Alabama on Friday, and a Level 1 risk has been added for a large part of the state for Saturday. The National Weather Service said in its Thursday forecast outlook that strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible from Friday morning in north Alabama through late Friday central and west Alabama. Forecasters added that “the environment will be supportive of damaging winds, a few tornadoes and large hail.” Storms are now expected to linger into the afternoon hours on Saturday as the front continues to move through, according to the weather service. The storms could bring heavy rainfall at times. The weather service said 2-4 inches of rain will be “likely” in northern and western parts of Alabama -- and it’s not out of the question that isolated spots could get up to 5 inches.Rain will be possible in the state starting later today , according to the National Weather Service, but the threat for severe weather is expected to arrive ahead of a cold front on Friday. Friday’s severe weather outlook is shown at the top of this post. The Level 2 risk area has been trimmed a bit at the northern fringe and the southern fringe and replaced with a Level 1 risk. The National Weather Service in Huntsville noted “confidence is low” that severe storms will develop in north Alabama, but if they did the most likely time will be Friday morning anywhere from 2 a.m. until 10 a.m. The weather service thinks severe storms will be possible in west and central Alabama starting on Friday afternoon, and those could last into Friday night as well. A Level 2 risk means that scattered severe storms will be possible. A Level 1 risk means isolated severe storms will be possible. Some cities in the Level 2 risk area as of Thursday are Muscle Shoals, Hamilton, Cullman, Jasper, Fayette, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Demopolis and Butler. A large part of the rest of north and central Alabama -- including Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile -- will have a Level 1 risk on Friday.The Storm Prediction Center has also added a Level 1 severe weather risk for most of Alabama for Saturday:The timeframe for storms will be early Saturday morning through the afternoon hours, according to the weather service. Tornadoes, damaging winds, hail and heavy rain will continue to be possible as the cold front slowly makes its way through the state. We are monitoring a storm system that will bring a medium risk for heavy rainfall/flooding and lower risk for a few strong-severe storms to the region from Fri morning-Sat morning. Please have multiple ways to receive weather warnings & check back in for updates. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected on Friday and Saturday as a slow moving boundary moves through the region. The environment will be supportive of damaging winds, a few tornadoes, and large hail. Be sure to have multiple ways to receive warnings! ⛈️Another foggy start to the day which this time of year is usually a tell tale sign that moisture is moving inland. Usually when moisture moves inland, storms are not far behind. We are keeping an eye on the potential for some strong to severe storms Tomorrow through Saturday. Fog. That sums up the next couple of mornings before a cold front brings some showers & an isolated t-storm later Saturday into Saturday night. Colder weather follows the front as temps go from the 70s to near 80 for highs to the 50s early next week!Leigh Morgan is an Alabama native. She has written about weather for AL.com since 2013 and has been a weather nerd since Hurricane Frederic slammed into the Alabama coast in 1979. She started out in journalism...
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