HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

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THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

DAY ONE…OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

A LIMITED RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTIES FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.

A RISK FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES, DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR AND LARGE HAIL WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT FROM AROUND NOON TO AROUND 3 AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE RISK WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ALICEVILLE TO WADLEY LINE FROM NOON TO 8 PM SHIFTING TO ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LIVINGSTON TO CALERA TO CHEAHA LINE FROM 8 PM TO AROUND 3 AM. AN ENHANCED RISK WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO MONTGOMERY TO JUST NORTH OF AUBURN INITIALLY FROM AROUND NOON TO 8 PM SHIFTING TO ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SELMA TO JUST NORTH OF AUBURN LINE FROM AROUND 8 PM TO 3 AM. ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED SOME. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE POSSIBLE TORNADOES, DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH, AND LARGE HAIL.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED BY THIS AFTERNOON.