Severe Weather Threat Today

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...STARTING AS EARLY AS 8 AM IN THE SOUTHWEST AND LASTING AS LATE AS 8 PM IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BEDAMAGING WINDS...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ALSO EXISTS.

A SQUALL LINE WILL BE NEAR THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE LINEBY 8 AM...MOVE TO NEAR A BIRMINGHAM TO SELMA LINE BY 10 AM...AND THEN AFFECT AREAS EAST OF THIS LINE AFTER 10 AM

THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT THIS MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH OF ALINE FROM GEIGER...TO MARION...TO PRATTVILLE. AS THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR SHIFTS NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...THE TORNADO THREAT AREA WILL ALSO SHIFT FARTHER NORTHWARD FOR THOSE AREAS EAST OF I-65. THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY BE EAST OF ALINE FROM MOSSES...TO WETUMPKA...TO DADEVILLE...TO ROANOKE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FURTHER STATEMENTS REFINING THE THREAT AREAS AND THE TIMING FOR YOUR SPECIFIC AREA.

NORTH OF THE TORNADO THREAT AREAS AND SOUTH OF I-20...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

BRISK SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WINDS OF 15 TO 25MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS.