LOW-END TORNADO RISK FOR COASTAL AREAS OVERNIGHT… There is a low-end risk that a tornado or two may happen over the next 6-8 hours across coastal areas of south Alabama and northwest Florida. This means that vast majority of our area should have no major issues. Yes, there will be thunder and lightning and heavy rain at times, but the overall severe weather risk remains very low. Have a way to receive urgent weather warnings before you go to sleep!
WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH NEAR THE BEACHES… As advertised for days, the warm front is right over the Alabama and northwest Florida beaches and slowly moving north. This will allow moist, unstable air to move over the southern parts of our coastal (Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia [FL], Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties. A brief, spin-up tornado is possible in these counties before cooler air starts moving in around sunrise. Again, most of us should be totally fine with just general thunderstorms and rain. The chance of any given spot being struck by a weak tornado is very low, but the risk is NOT zero, which is why we’re producing this update this evening.
ALL CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST… The clearing line and frontal boundary is located near Interstate 59 in southern Mississippi right now. We’ll be able to give an “all clear” to communities in west Alabama first, with the clearing line moving east in the overnight hours.
UPDATES IN APP TONIGHT… Since this is a low-end severe weather risk with very little in the way of issues expected, all of my further updates tonight and overnight will be in the RedZone Weather app. Once you have the app downloaded, be sure to visit the Alerts tab and tap the large, yellow “Alert Settings” button to customize the alerts you’d like to receive from me.
Have a good evening!