Lingering showers in Alabama could lead to flash flooding
Updated: 3:38 AM CDT Apr 7, 2025
WEATHER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD SUNDAY MORNING. I’M KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE RADAR FOR YOU. AND GOOD NEWS IS, WE STILL PROCEED WITHOUT ANY SEVERE WARNINGS. WE DON’T HAVE ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT I VERY NOISY THIS MORNING. I’M SURE SOME OF YOU PROBABLY WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF THUNDER AND THE RAIN ALONE. VERY HEAVY. WE’VE HAD HEAVY RAINFALL RATES THIS MORNING. HERE’S A PICTURE OF THE RADAR. YOU’LL NOTICE MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-20. NOW JUST SEEING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. THE RAIN STILL HEAVY. BUT NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO LIGHTNING. SO THE ATMOSPHERE NORTH OF I-20 IS ACTUALLY PRETTY STABLE. HERE’S THE LINE OF STORMS. AND EVER SINCE, JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING, WE’VE BEEN WATCHING JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE TO SEE IF ANY STORMS ROTATE OUT AHEAD OF IT. AND STILL WATCHING FOR THAT THIS MORNING. BUT AT THIS POINT IT IS MAINLY JUST NOISY, HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME OF THESE COULD PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS TOO. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE RADAR CLOSER TO LOCATIONS. ZOOMING IN. SO HAVANA TO DUNCANVILLE UP THROUGH VANCE ALONG 459 HELENA YOU’RE GETTING IN ON THIS HEAVY RAIN BESSEMER HOOVER UP TOWARD LEEDS UP 2059 THROUGH ODENVILLE COOK SPRINGS, WATTSVILLE, AND THEN CONTINUING UP 59 OHATCHEE SOON GETTING IN ON SOME OF THIS HEAVY RAIN UP TOWARD ETOWAH COUNTY, GADSDEN KEENER. YOU’RE SEEING IT, TOO. LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE COOLER AIR TO THE NORTH, RAIN COOLED AIR THAT IS HELPING STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. AND SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING, THIS HAS BEEN A HELP IN MITIGATING THE SEVERE THREAT. WE STILL HAVE SOME WARM, UNSTABLE AIR SOUTH OF I-20. AND SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK ANY SEVERE RISK IS MAINLY GOING TO BE SOUTH OF I-20, EVEN THOUGH IT IS PRETTY LIMITED. WE DO HAVE A TORNADO WATCH UP UNTIL 10 A.M., AND I SUSPECT THAT SOME COUNTIES WILL BE DROPPED FROM THIS BEFORE 10 A.M. WE’VE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD WALKER COUNTY DROPPED, AND PICKENS COUNTY WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, BUT WE’VE STILL GOT TUSCALOOSA, BIRMINGHAM, CALERA TALLADEGA, ANNISTON GADSDEN, EVEN ONEONTA INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH UNTIL 10 A.M. IT’S BECOMING OF MORE CONCERN THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG FLOODING THREAT, AS THESE STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH. WE’VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING. THERE ARE SOME FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT, AND THIS FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED UNTIL 7 P.M. EXCUSE ME. TOMORROW EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF ALABAMA, IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, PLEASE TAKE CAUTION AS YOU GET OUT LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY AND SOME OF OUR MODEL GUIDANCE A COUPLE DAYS AGO WAS HINTING AT SOME VERY HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS. AND ALTHOUGH THESE ARE ESTIMATED, I DO THINK THAT THAT HAS VALIDATED WE ARE OVER SEVEN INCHES BETWEEN LAMAR COUNTY AND FAYETTE COUNTY, UPWARDS OF FIVE AND A HALF BETWEEN HAMILTON DOUBLE SPRINGS, CLOSE TO FIVE INCHES EVEN TUSCALOOSA. PICKENS COUNTY CLOSER TO THREE INCHES. AND YOU CAN SEE THESE STORMS NOW WORKING SOUTH OF I-20. THEY’RE PUSHING EAST OF 65. AND SO EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET ON GET IN ON THIS HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING REGARDLESS IF THERE’S A FLOODING THREAT OR NOT. IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE IN IF YOU PLAN TO GET OUT SOON. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SO I KNOW YOUR CONCERN IS THE SEVERE THREAT. AND WHEN DOES IT END? WELL, FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA, I DO THINK IT HAS ENDED. WE HAVE COOLER AIR STABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE FOR PLACES LIKE CENTREVILLE, CALERA, PELHAM, BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, SPRINGVILLE, ONEONTA, GADSDEN. I THINK THROUGH 10 A.M. AT THE LATEST. THESE STORMS ARE GRADUALLY WORKING SOUTH OF I-20 AND THEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, THE THREAT SHIFTS SOUTH AND EAST TO INCLUDE ROCKFORD, ALEX CITY, ASHLAND, DADEVILLE, ROANOKE AND THEN EVENTUALLY THROUGH TONIGHT, PLACES LIKE AUBURN AND TROY MONTGOMERY. DEALING WITH THE STORMS, PERHAPS EVEN AFTER DARK. SO LET’S LOOK AT OUR SIMULATED RADAR. THAT IS WHAT WE CALL MODEL GUIDANCE. THIS IS OUR HIGH RES GUIDANCE. 9 A.M. IT’S GOT THE STORMS EAST OF 2059. I THINK THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. AND THEN BY NOON, VERY MOST OF THEM ARE SOUTH AND EAST OF BIRMINGHAM, STILL HEAVY IN SPOTS. LET’S FAST FORWARD TO TONIGHT. WE STILL GOT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS. AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING THERE MAY BE SOME MISTY PRECIP CLOUDS IN PLACE, AND THEN IT TURNS COOLER AFTER THE IMPACTFUL WEATHER TODAY. 60 FOR HIGHS ON TUESDAY AND THEN SOME FROST IS LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. I’M WATCHING THE SEVERE THREAT. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED IF THERE ARE A
Lingering showers in Alabama could lead to flash flooding
Updated: 3:38 AM CDT Apr 7, 2025
WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR | WAYS TO STAY SAFE | TORNADO WATCHES VS. WARNINGS | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOS | GET WEATHER NOTIFICATIONSIMPACT WEATHER TONIGHTThe Impact Weather dwindles across Alabama. The bulk of the rain will shift toward the southeast and into Georgia overnight. With two to six inches of rainfall totals spread across the state, a flood watch remains in place until 7 p.m. Monday. Lingering-isolated showers will drift across Central Alabama overnight but not as impactful as early Sunday morning. Temperatures will cool as winds blow from the west tonight, shifting northwest tomorrow morning. The National Weather Service agrees that the severe weather threat for Central Alabama is over, but flash flooding is possible.>> BEYOND THE IMPACT FORECAST: Take a look at the full forecast hereFor the latest weather coverage for your area, click here. And stay updated with alerts in the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.
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IMPACT WEATHER TONIGHT
The Impact Weather dwindles across Alabama. The bulk of the rain will shift toward the southeast and into Georgia overnight. With two to six inches of rainfall totals spread across the state, a flood watch remains in place until 7 p.m. Monday.
Lingering-isolated showers will drift across Central Alabama overnight but not as impactful as early Sunday morning. Temperatures will cool as winds blow from the west tonight, shifting northwest tomorrow morning.
The National Weather Service agrees that the severe weather threat for Central Alabama is over, but flash flooding is possible.
>> BEYOND THE IMPACT FORECAST: Take a look at the full forecast here
For the latest weather coverage for your area, click here. And stay updated with alerts in the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.
