Strong storms continued to track across Alabama on Saturday night, bringing gusty winds, lightning and heavy rain along with them.
And more storms will now also be possible on Monday and Wednesday.
As for Saturday, the Storm Prediction Center has dropped the Level 2 severe weather risk for Alabama but is maintaining a Level 1 out of 5 risk for a large area through tonight.
A Level 1 risk means that isolated severe storms will be possible.
Here are the severe weather risk categories as defined by the Storm Prediction Center:
Here are the five severe weather risk categories used by the Storm Prediction Center.SPC
There is a low chance for a tornado today, but the strongest storms could have damaging winds and heavy rain.
The National Weather Service has gotten sporadic reports of downed trees and power outages as storms have moved through on Saturday night.
The storms had formed into a line and were expected to track to the south and east across the state through tonight.
Storms are expected to linger into Sunday, but severe weather isn’t in the forecast so far.
But a Level 1 risk has been added to the forecast for Monday for part of north and west Alabama.
Here’s the severe weather outlook for Monday:
A Level 1 out of 5 severe weather risk is now in the forecast for Monday for the areas in dark green.Storm Prediction Center
The Storm Prediction Center so far thinks there could be a low chance of damaging wind gusts with stronger storms on Monday.
And the weather service is looking at the potential for another round of strong to severe storms on Wednesday night into Thursday.
Here is the long-range severe weather outlook for Wednesday:
There will be a chance (Level 2 and 1) for more severe storms on Wednesday in the areas in yellow above.Storm Prediction Center
The weather service said the timing and intensity of Wednesday’s storms is still uncertain and will be refined in the next few days.
