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Slight Risk of Severe Weather for Much of Alabama Thursday
2023 has kicked off a pretty active severe weather season for the Yellowhammer State. Currently, we are monitoring a system that will impact our coverage areas from Thursday morning into the afternoon.
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Risk Level
The Storm Prediction Center has much of Alabama under a “Slight Risk” for severe storms which is a level 2 out of 5. The few areas not under the “Slight Risk” are under a “Marginal Risk” zone.
Timing
As the cold front enters Alabama it will usher in “scattered to widespread thunderstorms that will move quickly to the southeast along a frontal boundary Thursday,” said the National Weather Service in Birmingham.
The overall timing for the entire weather system is from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. (That’s good to know if you are traveling on Thursday).
However, the timing of 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. is for the counties in our coverage area which are Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, and Walker.
Possible Threats
James Spann, ABC 33/40, and Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa Chief Meteorologist said that “isolated to scattered damaging winds will be the primary severe threat with this mainly linear convection. A brief tornado or two also appears possible with embedded circulations, but the overall threat is low."
"Rain amounts will be generally around 1/2 inch. Otherwise, the day will be mostly cloudy, mild, and windy with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Gradient winds (not related to thunderstorms) could gust to 35 mph at times," said Spann.
Our severe weather policy is to provide non-stop weather coverage if any of our counties in our coverage area go under a Tornado Warning. Our Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa radio stations are Praise 93.3, 92.9 WTUG, 95.3 The Bear, METV 97.5, Catfish 100.1, Tide 100.9, ALT 101.7, and 105.1 The Block.
(Source) Click here for more details from the Storm Prediction Center. For more from the National Weather Service Birmingham, click here. Click here to follow the Facebook Page for James Spann.
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