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Update: Life-Threatening Severe Outbreak Later Today and Tonight
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SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY/TONIGHT: Concern continues to grow over the possibility of a severe weather outbreak across the Deep South later today and specifically for Alabama this afternoon, evening, and tonight.
THE SET-UP: A very dynamic storm system associated with a negatively tilted upper trough with strong wind fields will be established to the west of Alabama and head east, accompanied by a deep surface low. The surface low is causing the frontal boundary over Alabama currently to lift back north as a warm front allowing for a very warm, highly-sheared, and unstable airmass to develop across the state, allowing for widespread development of severe storms.
Alabama News
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Today will be dry with highs in the low 70s, but look for increasing clouds tonight ahead of our next storm system which causes some concern for the potential of strong and severe storms.
STRONG STORMS TO END 2020: A dynamic storm system will bring active weather to Alabama Thursday, Thursday night, and into Friday morning. It is a fairly common system for this time of the year featuring strong wind fields, lots of shear, and weak instability.
PLACEMENT: For now, SPC has a “slight risk” (level 2/5) of severe storm defined in the broad zone from Tuscaloosa to Autaugaville to Greenville to Andalusia, and a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) as far east as Alex City, Tuskegee, and Ozark. This is where the best combination of shear and instability will be found, but keep in mind the risk areas could be expanded in future outlooks.