STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS & HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY… Tornadoes and damaging winds will become possible across our local area on Saturday as a dynamic weather system moves across the Deep South. In addition to the tornado and damaging wind threat, large hail may be possible. Heavy rain that could lead to flash flooding will be possible as well. It is a bit too early to determine specifics on where hazards are most likely to happen. It also is a bit early to be able to know when storms will be most likely to happen. One round of storms may happen Friday in the late evening hours along a warm front. The bigger, more significant round of severe storms will probably happen Saturday during the daytime hours. This is an evolving situation with forecast changes being likely over the next few days. Please have a way to get severe weather warnings on Saturday and please check back for updates over the next few days.
LEVEL 2 (OUT OF 5) RISK FROM LOUISIANA TO GEORGIA… The Storm Prediction Center has included parts of eastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, the southern half of Alabama, all of northwest Florida and the Florida Panhandle region, and southwestern Georgia in their Level 2 (out of 5) severe weather risk valid for Saturday, April 24. We note that this risk zone includes ALL of our local counties in south Alabama and northwest Florida, both coastal and inland counties. This means that ALL of us need to have a way to get urgent weather warnings on Saturday.
TIMING UNCLEAR – SPECIFICS IN THE DAYS AHEAD… Take this post as a “first alert” for the severe weather potential setting up for Saturday. I wish we could be super specific as far as what cities and towns have the greatest hazard potential. Unfortunately, model resolution 4-5 days out simply does not exist, thus it is near impossible to speculate in any accurate way. Please check back in over the next few days as we continue to get more data to be able to fine tune the forecast. Better data will give clarity Thursday evening into Friday as we look to this severe weather setup on Saturday.
APP ALERTS… Now is the time, long before we get to this severe weather potential, to set up the RedZone Weather app on your smartphone! redzoneweather.com/app is the link where you can download the iOS or Android version of the app. Once you have the app downloaded to your device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab (lower right corner of the app), then tap the large, yellow Alert Settings button to customize the alerts you would like to receive straight from me.
I will have your next full forecast video posted by 7:15AM Wednesday.