LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY; SCATTERED STORMS LIKELY… Showers and thunderstorms become likely on Sunday night into early Monday across south Alabama and northwest Florida as a strong cold front approaches from our northwest. This cold front will usher in very cold air on Monday that will last all week. There is a chance a few of the thunderstorms could briefly become strong or marginally severe. Gusty winds will be the main concern. The overall tornado risk locally remains quite low, but not entirely zero. We encourage everyone to have a way to hear warnings overnight tomorrow into early Monday, just in case a tornado warning becomes required for your specific location. Most spots will simply have rain and thunder at times.
SEVERE WEATHER TIMING – SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY… 10PM to 6AM is the main eight hour window when strong to severe thunderstorms will become possible across southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. Quite frankly, I am not expecting MANY tornado warnings in our local area due to this event like what happened a week ago. There is always a chance of an event over performing expectations and producing more warnings than expected, but I would suggest the probability of that with this particular event is fairly low. Not zero, but low. Regardless, have a way to hear warnings just in case your specific location goes under a warning. I will be posting updates, as needed, throughout the night tomorrow night in the RedZone Weather app.
SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS AT TIMES ON SUNDAY… Scattered showers and thunderstorms will gradually increase in coverage throughout the day on Sunday. While I am not expecting tomorrow to be an “all day washout,” we will have scattered showers and thunderstorms around at times ahead of the main severe weather risk tomorrow night into early Monday morning.
HIGHER, LEVEL 3 (OUT OF 5) RISK ON SUNDAY TO OUR WEST… Parts of northeast Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, and western Mississippi are involved with the Level 3 (out of 5) severe weather risk valid for Sunday. This risk will materialize during the daytime hours of Sunday for places like Jackson (MS), Vicksburg (MS), Monroe (LA), and surrounding areas. Surrounding this Level 3 risk, we have a sizable Level 2 (out of 5) risk in place for much of Mississippi, Louisiana, far eastern Texas, and southwest Arkansas. This includes places like Meridian (MS), Hattiesburg (MS), Slidell (LA), Shreveport (LA), Little Rock (AR), Oxford (MS), Starkville (MS), Columbus (MS), and surrounding areas. The western half of Alabama and northwest Florida are involved in the low-end, Level 1 (out of 5) severe weather risk where conditions are much more questionable as to if any severe storms will happen.
VERY COLD AIR ARRIVES BEHIND THE STORMS… Thunderstorms will move through late Sunday night into early Monday morning ahead of a sharply colder air mass moving into our region. High temperatures on Monday may very well only be in the 40s in many spots across west Alabama. Overnight lows will be below freezing in many spots across the region for 5-6 consecutive nights next week.
TORNADO WARNING POLICY… Any time there is an active tornado warning in effect for southwest Alabama or northwest Florida, we provide uninterrupted, live video coverage on Facebook Live and in the RedZone Weather app. Our detailed coverage commitment is outlined at redzoneweather.com/coverage. We are proud to cover all parts of Escambia (AL), Covington, Monroe, Conecuh, Baldwin, Mobile, Clarke, Washington, Butler, Escambia (FL), Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties. If you live in any locale in those counties, be sure to tune into our coverage whenever there is an active tornado warning!
APP ALERTS… redzoneweather.com/app is the link where you can download the free RedZone Weather app. We post brief updates throughout each day in the app, keeping you up-to-date about the latest happenings in weather across south Alabama and northwest Florida. Once you have the free app downloaded to your iOS or Android device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab (lower right corner) then tap the large Alert Settings button to customize the alerts you would like to receive straight from me.
I will have updates posted throughout the day, as needed, in the RedZone Weather app. Have a good Saturday night!
