The National Weather Service in Huntsville has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Limestone County and other North Alabama regions, as well as portions of southern middle Tennessee. The alert warns of severe storms and the potential for isolated tornadoes.
Widespread thunderstorms are expected across the Tennessee Valley today and this evening ahead of a slow-moving cold front.
Areas targeted by violent storms into this evening will stretch from the Tennessee Valley and to the Ohio Valley and includes the cities of Nashville, Tenn., London, Ky., Charleston, W.V., Tupelo, Miss. and Huntsville, Ala.
The alert on the NWS website states: “There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorm development with the primary threat expected to come from damaging winds in excess of 60 mph and locally heavy rainfall. However, the threat for an isolated tornado will also exist, especially with any storms that develop ahead of the primary cold front.”
By evening, the front is expected to move south with slight chances for thunderstorms after midnight.
Also, strong southwesterly winds are expected, with sustained wind speeds of 15 to 25 mph and gusts to 30 mph expected.
On Thursday, a slight chance of thunderstorms remains as the cold front drifts southward and stalls across Central Alabama.
Storm potential is expected to increase early Friday morning as the stalled boundary lifts northward as a warm front.
The alert states: “A stronger cold front will sweep across the region on Friday evening, bringing another round of potentially severe thunderstorms.”
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