DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS 8 PM IN WESTERN ALABAMA...AND WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST TORNADO AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT IS GENERALLY FROM THE CITIES OF HAMILTON...TUSCALOOSA...AND SELMA...WESTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE...ALTHOUGH A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRIMARILY COME IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE...IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THERE IS A CHANCE SOME INDIVIDUAL SUPER CELL STORMS COULD DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE. ANY SUPER CELL STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IN OR MOVE INTO ALABAMA WILL CONTAIN AN ENHANCED TORNADO THREAT.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EVENT AND SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. TAKE TIME NOW TO GO OVER YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLAN. MAKE SURE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS FUNCTIONAL...AND HAS FRESH BATTERIES FOR BACKUP POWER.IF YOU HAVE A WEATHER RADIO WITH "S.A.M.E." FUNCTIONALITY...MAKE SURE IT IS PROPERLY PROGRAMMED TO RECEIVE THE DESIRED WARNINGS FOR THE DESIRED COUNTIES.
FINALLY...WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20MPH AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
MONDAY NIGHT'S SEVERE WEATHER THREAT MAY LAST AS LATE AS 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES.
GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.
ON FRIDAY...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THERE ARE STILL MANY UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...AND FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS QUITE LOW.
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