First Alert Weather Day: Flood Watch in effect for central Alabama, storm threat continues overnight

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First Alert Weather Day: Flood Watch in effect for central Alabama, storm threat continues overnight

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY THROUGH NOON SATURDAY: “Supercell training” is a concern overnight with the storms that will impact Central Alabama.

That means many of the same areas will receive additional rainfall with the next wave of possible flooding.

Rain arriving between midnight and 4 a.m. Saturday morning will be heavy enough to maintain the potential for isolated areas of flash flooding through the remainder of the evening into Saturday morning.

The heaviest rain will start to shift east by mid-morning, and there will be some leftover clouds and lingering showers. We won’t get all the showers completely out of here until late afternoon and evening Saturday.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Saturday afternoon.

Additional rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches are expected across many locales through midnight, though isolated amounts of 4-5 inches are possible in some areas.

THE NEXT BIG THING: Cold air will start to flow in by Sunday morning with lows in the middle to upper 30s. Highs on Sunday will only reach the middle 40s. It will be a very windy day, with some gusts up to 30 mph. Be ready for a freeze for Monday and Tuesday mornings with lows in the 20s.

The pattern looks interesting by the middle of next week as a front and a trailing upper low look to impact the region. We could see some showers on Wednesday and Wednesday night with highs in the 40s.

As the colder air deepens into Thursday morning, a few flurries or snow showers could mix in over northeast Alabama. This doesn’t look like anything significant at this point, but there will be plenty for us to monitor in the days ahead.

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