Risk Of Severe Weather Again This Week In Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Less than a week after two dozen tornadoes swept through Alabama Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Birmingham says more severe weather could be headed to the state in the coming days.

A large part of the state is under a slight risk of severe weather for Thursday (including Jefferson, Shelby and Montgomery counties, while some counties in the southeast portion of the state are under a marginal threat for severe weather — this includes Barbour, Russell and Lee counties.

The weather event Thursday could include tornadoes, large hail and winds up to 60 mph.

"A vigorous upper-air trough will generate a deepening surface low north and west of Alabama, and will bring a risk of strong to severe thunderstorms to the state Thursday afternoon and Thursday night," meteorologist Jame Spann said. "The Storm Prediction Center has much of Alabama, and all of Mississippi and Louisiana, in a severe weather risk on its outlook for Thursday."

Some flooding is possible; rain amounts of 2-4 inches are likely across much of Alabama through Thursday night, Spann said.