TCLwx
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Looks like the warm front is on the Wilcox/Dallas County line. TD 64F in Camden and 53F in Selma.
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Severe WX April 19-20, 2020 Severe Weather Threat
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Kory
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Nothing tops the lightning from last weekend's tornadic storm here, but I just recently moved to a condo across town in Tuscaloosa and didn't have my curtains up. It was like someone kept flashing a flashlight in my windows at 4:30am.
It isn't just y'all's imagination. The surface inversion makes thunder louder as the sound waves reverberate between the inversion and the ground.
Kory
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Not sure much northward progress will happen in AL looking at the radar. More likely in MS.
Yeah I screen grabbed an image of Tuscaloosa off of RadarScope during that storm because of the insane amount of lightning.
This morning’s thunder was louder than normal because of what you mentioned, but there was also 10-15 strikes in a 1-2 minute window that was just nuts.
From looking at Chilton County 911's Twitter feed it looks like whatever came through Chilton county earlier did a ton of tree damage, especially around Thorsby. Lots of reports of trees down on houses and across roads.
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Bama Ravens
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I sort of wonder if an enhanced risk is all that is needed today, but like others have said, you just need one or two Beauregard like storms riding a boundary or something to make this a big event. 12z HRRR pick up on the idea of one or two potential long track storms/tornadoes.
I agree, the overall threat areas has really shrunk, any storm that is able to ride the boundary could be significant. I am trying to remember if that boundary last year was moving or if it had become nearly stationary.I sort of wonder if an enhanced risk is all that is needed today, but like others have said, you just need one or two Beauregard like storms riding a boundary or something to make this a big event. 12z HRRR pick up on the idea of one or two potential long track storms/tornadoes.
Mr. Clark
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A break in the rain in North Alabama has brought something I didn't expect to see today.... sunshine.
David in SW Blount
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Very obvious where the warm front is located.
Mr. Clark
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Where did you get that map?Very obvious where the warm front is located.
Jetstream
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At this hour last week was sitting at 65 degrees, this morning at 56.
bwalk
Member
Very obvious where the warm front is located.
This is a very helpful site to add to one's weather link folder. Do you mind sharing the link for those of us who may be looking for a good mesonet graphic like this one? It is much easier to read than many I have seen (less crowded w/ other data)
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How far north the warm front reaches will be determined in the next few hours before the next round of showers and storms start moving in from the west.
David in SW Blount
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Yes, it's the Wunderground map from Weather Underground. Make sure the Weather Stations option is checked with Temperature/Wind so you get the data from personal weather stations. https://www.wunderground.com/wunder...0Q&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=0&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0
bwalk
Member
Thank you very much.
sak
Member
So now that the intial batch has cleared the I-20 corridor through Alabama, I guess we just wait for storms to fire to the southwest and watch them progress and see where the warm front is when it matters.
TornadoFan
Member
13Z HRRR shows the warm front staying way south.
Kory
Member
You can see the rain cooled boundary racing south of the complex over Central AL on radar. Will be interesting how the next complex of storms coming from MS interacts with the boundary as it’s wavers over south/central AL.
Also notice the northward trend on radar west of Selma
bwalk
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What would be causing the northward trend?
