Shower/Thunderstorm coverage currently training through saturated grounds may pose some isolated flooding concerns, in advance of more significant convection later this afternoon increasing flash flooding risk through this evening.
At 1153 AM CST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated that heavy rain was falling over the area. The heavy rain will cause flooding. Up to two inches with locally higher amounts of rain have already fallen.
Latest-model parameters show the potential for stronger low-level shear that could lead to more discrete supercell thunderstorm development along with complex bowing cells.
At 1054 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Scottsboro, moving east at 45 mph.
Freshwater Land Trust kicks off a campaign to extend the trail east to the Avondale area.
As of 9:20 am, the list of school closings is small, but I’m sure that the number will increase as the morning goes on.
As of 8:55 am, we continue to have showers and a few embedded thunderstorms over the northern parts of Central Alabama and up into North Alabama, along with some scattered shower activity down in the southern parts of Central Alabama.
Flash Flood Watch issued for Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties starting at 3:00 am Thursday morning.
ACTIVE WEATHER AHEAD: Alabama will have the dual threat of heavy rain/flooding and strong to severe thunderstorms over the next 36 hours as a dynamic weather system approaches from the west. We have showers and thunderstorms in progress this morning over roughly the northern half of the state, but the core risk of stronger storms will come later today and tonight.
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