Severe Weather Threat Continues To Shrink; Rain Starting To End In Central Alabama

RADAR CHECK AT 6:00 PM
The line of showers and storms has pushed across much of the area as we have arrived the 6 o’clock hour in Central Alabama. The front of the line has made it to locations such as Roanoke, Tuskegee, and Fort Deposit. If any stronger storms happen within the next couple of hours, the most likely place will be in the southeastern corner of the area (south of I-85 and east of I-65).

Rainfall is quickly coming to an end on the backside of the line. Along and west of a line from Hanceville to West Blocton to Demopolis has seen the last of any organized rainfall for the remainder of the evening. The good news is that once the line is completely out of here later tonight, we’ll have a very nice Easter weekend with mild temperatures and no rain.

There was a report of damage that came in from near the Marbury where some trees were blown down. At the time that occurred, there was a brief area of rotation showing on radar, so this may be caused by a brief small spin-up tornado or a strong downdraft from the parent storm. We’ll see if NWS Birmingham will send a survey team out to determine what occurred.

Much of the severe risk has now diminished for Central Alabama. A cap is in place out ahead of the line which is keeping any convective cells from forming. Surface-based instability has been limited to well below 1000 J/kg throughout the day, but shear values and storm relative helicity is decent enough for some rotation. We’ll keep a mention of a strong to marginally severe storm in the forecast throughout the next two hours for the southeastern corner of the area (along and east of a line from Five Points in Cleburne County to Fort Deposit in Lowndes County).

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