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Severe WX Severe Weather Threat 4/5/17-4/6/17

Seeing possible initiation near Decatur, near Elkmont, and in two places in Tuscaloosa county; draw a line from point to point and that might be the line that initiates more significant weather once it moves further east. It just looks like they're struggling hard where they are.

In other news, that long track isolated storm we've watched the past several hours from Tuscaloosa or so to the GA line is looking really healthy on radar for the first time in a bit. Seems to be rotating, and noting 60mph+ pixels in lowest scan velocity signature. If that's anywhere close to reaching the ground anywhere it might have hail AND some strong wind as it moves in to GA. Given the atmosphere thus far though I wonder if that would reach the surface just yet.
 
Another shower popping near Vinemont. Got a 21dbz echo in that one, but the others to the N seem to have died already. Still, they form a nicely tracable line NE to SW.
 
We will see what those showers that are near vinemont do as they pass the magical I65 boundary
 
You might be a bored weather fanatic if... you're getting worked up over <20dbz echoes that last less than three frames. I know the reasoning but still, lol.

Also the Vinemont storm is actually taking off now, >30dbz and increasing.
 
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that storm from this morning just spat out a weak tornado, couplet was tighter on the scan before this. it dissipated almost immediately.
 
In our Alabama pixel-watching, it's easy to forget, but the thus-far Storm Of the Day is actually still going strong with impressive reflectivity and strong winds, there are isolated storms now producing a tornado warning in SC, and the long lived isolated central AL cell is now severe as it moves into GA.

And speaking of pixel watching, there's now little blips in central Winston county, northern Tuscaloosa county, and north of Athens. Looks like this line of blips will pass over me soon, I have the window open to see if I can tell if the dew point drops noticeably. Just scattered cumulus here now.
 
Spann has thrown in the towel for areas west of US-43. The dryline continues to march east and with very little activity along it, I am sticking by with what I said over 3 hours ago... this event is over for Birmingham.
 
Not saying the event is over, in fact it's barely even started. But based on dew points and trends, it might be over for ME pretty soon... it's actually pretty suspenseful pixel-watching, wondering where a potentially intense storm is going to initiate.
 
Looking at radar loops, it looks like the dryline storms might finally be taking root; it'll probably be east of me but some of the showers have been persistent. I'm a bit more interested in the short term in KY/IN/IL to see what happens there.
 
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