P.M. SEVERE WEATHER RISK NOW MUCH LOWER… Good news! The rain that happened this morning across much of south Alabama and northwest Florida has substantially decreased the chances that severe weather will happen across our region on this Wednesday. See a list of communities that get an “all clear” below. The Level 2 (out of 5) risk has been completely cancelled today across the Deep South. Only the eastern half of our region remains in the lower-end, Level 1 risk zone with much of us now OUT of a severe weather risk completely.
LOW-END RISK OF A STRONGER STORM THIS EVENING… We will need to maintain a low-end severe weather risk zone for several counties in our region until at least early this evening to ensure that storms don’t fire up in these areas. I am confident that we probably won’t have any issues in these areas, but there are some scenarios that could produce a few stronger to marginally severe storms in these areas through 6PM or so. If you’re in any part of the following counties, the LOW-END risk continues for you for the next few hours: Covington, Crenshaw, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton. In addition, all counties in southeast Alabama/Wiregrass and the Florida Panhandle in areas east of Destin remain in the low-end severe weather risk zone.
ALL CLEAR FOR THESE AREAS… While it is early in the severe weather timeframe, cooler, more stable air is moving into Alabama a bit ahead of schedule. Thus, it is necessary to give a complete severe weather ALL CLEAR to all parts of the following counties as of 12:30PM: Baldwin, Escambia (FL), Mobile, Escambia (AL), Conecuh, Butler, Monroe, Washington, Clarke, Wilcox, Marengo, and Choctaw counties. There is now essentially no risk of severe weather in these areas. If you are in any part of those counties, you get an “all clear.”
We should be able to give Covington, Crenshaw, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton a complete all clear by 6PM at the absolute latest – probably well before then.
LEVEL 2 RISK CANCELLED… The Storm Prediction Center has eliminated the Level 2 (out of 5) severe weather risk today for all parts of the Deep South. It has been replaced by a lower-end, Level 1 (out of 5) marginal severe weather risk zone for much of east and southeast Alabama and the Florida Panhandle region. If you’re in an area that has not received an all clear just yet, most likely you’ll just have some rain over the next few hours. A stronger storm or two cannot completely be ruled out. We’ll keep watching radar trends.
WHAT TO EXPECT – NEXT FEW HOURS… Occasional rain, occasional thunder. Probably not much more than that. Drier air is already moving into all parts of Monroe, Washington, and Clarke counties. Temperatures will fall into the upper-60s in those counties over the next few hours after the cold front passes.
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I will have a complete all clear post for all areas a bit later unless we happen to need our live, nonstop video coverage. The odds of that happening are now very low. Have a good evening!