Showers & Storms Dot The Radar At Midday

Conditions As Of 12:30 PM

A good bit of showers and scattered thunderstorms are showing up on radar at the midday hour, with most of the coverage being south of the I-20 and I-59/20 corridors, but there are a few that have popped up north of that. A few of the stronger cells have significant weather advisories on them for the threat of wind gusts up to 40 MPH and some small hail, and those are located over parts of Coosa and parts of Autauga, Lowndes, and Montgomery counties. All of the activity is slowly drifting to the southwest. There is plenty of dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning with these storms, so get indoors if you are in the path of any of these.

The next update from the National Hurricane Center on Invest 90L will be out shortly and I’ll have that updated posted to the blog.

Weather For The Rest Of Your Thursday
Most of Central Alabama will remain dry throughout the remainder of the afternoon hours with partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. The main focus of the storms at this point look to be south of the I-20 and I-59/20 corridors, but the chance of showers and storms exist for the entire area. Afternoon highs will be in the mid-80s to the lower 90s. The showers and storms will start to diminish in coverage after sunset, but a few could linger around until after midnight or even later. Lows only make it down into the mid-60s to the lower 70s.

Drought Conditions Persists, But Will Improve Greatly In The Next 7 days

As of this morning, the latest drought monitor for the state continues to show a large area over the east and the southern parts of the state with abnormally dry conditions, with portions of Tallapoosa, Chambers, and Randolph counties in a moderate drought. A good part of Conecuh County in South Alabama is also in a moderate drought. With the rainfall we could see with the tropical system through the weekend and the beginning of next week, I have a good feeling that a lot of the yellow will disappear. We’ll see what happens.

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On This Day In Weather History
1990 – Severe thunderstorms spawned two dozen tornadoes from Montana to Oklahoma. Four tornadoes carved a 109-mile path across central Kansas. The third of the four tornadoes blew 88 cars of an 125-car train off the track, stacking them three to four cars high in some cases, and the fourth tornado caused 3.9 million dollars damage. The third tornado injured six persons who were trying to escape in vehicles. A woman was “sucked out” of a truck and said that at one time she was “airborne, trying to run but my feet wouldn’t touch the ground”. She also saw a live deer “flying through the air”.

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