Timing for Severe Weather Threat Tonight Across West Alabama

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued timing and details for severe weather in West Alabama Thursday night.

In the statement released, details are given on what begins a rainy forecast with strong storms and ends with a threat for accumulating snow! Brace yourself for this wild weather ride over the next 24 hours.

The official National Weather Service statement:

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

THERE IS A THREAT OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES ACROSS SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT. THESE THREATS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS EVENING AROUND 8PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 4AM EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EUTAW TO MONTGOMERY TO TROY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FRIDAY AND BRING WITH IT A CHANCE OF SNOW. RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW AND
THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA...WITH GENERALLY ONE QUARTER INCH UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. RIGHT NOW THE HIGHEST TOTALS MAY OCCUR ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DETROIT TO HAYDEN TO CENTRE.

THIS SAME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...MOSTLY BEHIND THE LOW. THEREFORE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10
TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ARE POSSIBLE...WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH EACH DAY.

The timing map below illustrates the threat timing is between 8 p.m. and midnight on Thursday.