RAIN MOVING INTO WEST ALABAMA… The main complex of rain and storms is moving into west Alabama late this morning. Heavy rain is happening near Gilbertown, Butler, Silas, and surrounding areas in Choctaw County. Rain will continue to push eastward into communities like Thomasville, Sweet Water, Millry, and Chatom over the next hour or so.
LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK… The Storm Prediction Center continues to include part of our area in their low-end, Level 1 (out of 5) marginal risk for a strong storms today. The risk is greatest locally along and west of Interstate 65. Vast majority of us will simply have scattered showers and general thunderstorms around. The low-end risk zone is in place due to the potential for storms that could briefly ramp up to strong levels and produce gusty winds and perhaps a tornado or two. The overall tornado risk remains LOW.
I’ll continue to monitor trends over the next few hours with ongoing updates in the RZWeather app.