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IT WAS A PRETTY STORMY MORNING ACROSS ALABAMA. THIS IS A LOOK AT 4 A.M. THIS MORNING. AND WE’RE GOING TO WATCH. AS THE STORMS KIND OF SWEPT THROUGH DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM STARTED OUT CLOUDY WITH SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WINDS. AND THEN BY 7:15 A.M. THE SUN EVENTUALLY CAME OUT AND WE’RE LEFT WITH NOT MUCH ON THE 13 FIRST WARNING LIVE RADAR, JUST TRACKING A FEW SHOWERS AND A DOWNPOUR IN MARION COUNTY. GOT THE RAIN MOVING THROUGH LAMAR COUNTY INTO FAYETTE COUNTY. THEY’RE COMING OUT OF VERNON INTO FAYETTE, BUT THE HEAVIEST POCKET IS JUST NORTH OF HAMILTON. RIGHT THERE ALONG THAT I-22 CORRIDOR, MOVING OVER SCOTTSVILLE AND BEXAR HEADED TOWARDS SHILOH AND HIGHWAY 172 AND HACKLEBURG HIGHWAY 43, AS WELL. THIS ISN’T SEVERE, SO NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH THIS, BUT IT IS THE ONLY DOWNPOUR THAT’S ON THE RADAR HERE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. BUT ALL EYES ARE ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHERE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLINED A LEVEL THREE OF FIVE ON TUESDAY. STORM OUTLOOK THIS INCLUDES CULLMAN COUNTY. FAYETTE, WALKER, NORTHERN, PICKENS, LAMAR, WINSTON, LAWRENCE, MORGAN, MADISON COUNTY, THE SHOALS, FLORENCE, HUNTSVILLE. IN THIS REGION, WE COULD SEE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS, OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. AND THEN WE HAVE A LEVEL TWO RISK IN PLACE FOR THAT I-20, I-59 CORRIDOR THAT INCLUDES THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AND THEN A LEVEL ONE RISK OF FIVE ON THE SCALE FOR FURTHER INTO SOUTH ALABAMA. SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE, IF NOT LIKELY, STARTING 4:00 M TUESDAY EVENING AND EXTENDING THROUGH 2 A.M., AND THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE AN ALERT DAY PLACE FOR TUESDAY, AND THAT MEANS THE WEATHER COULD BE DANGEROUS AT TIMES. SO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL, THE PRIMARY THREATS. AND I THINK THESE THREATS WILL START OUT MORE WIDESPREAD AND DIMINISH AS THE WAVE ENTERS ALABAMA. THERE’S ALSO A LOW END TORNADO THREAT, SO WE CAN’T RULE THAT OUT EITHER. HAVE A WAY TO RECEIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. WARNINGS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THEN A LOW END FLOOD THREAT, TOO. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE. 4:00 PM TO 9:00 FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA, LAMAR, FAYETTE COUNTY, WINSTON COUNTY, PARTS OF CULLMAN COUNTY INTO MORGAN COUNTY TOWARDS HUNTSVILLE TO 6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT FOR THE BIRMINGHAM METRO. THIS INCLUDES SHELBY, TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, PICKENS, GREENE, SUMTER, HALE TALLADEGA SAINT CLAIR, CALHOUN, ETOWAH, BLOUNT, CULLMAN COUNTIES, AND THEN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. AUBURN, LEE COUNTY TOWARDS ALEXANDER CITY AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTY. CLAY. COOSA COUNTY TOWARDS PERRY COUNTY. AND BIBB. EXCUSE ME, CHILTON COUNTY, 9 P.M. TO 2 A.M. SO HERE’S THE TIMELINE. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THIS ON �������� 13.COM AS WELL. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST WARNING FUTURE TRACK. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT THAT’S COMING IN. HOWEVER, A LOT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE AS EARLY AS 8 P.M. ENTERING INTO THE BIRMINGHAM METRO, SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS, LIKE I SAID, COULD PACK A PUNCH. DAMAGING WINDS, HAIL BOTH POSSIBLE. THAT LOW END TORNADO THREAT COMES INTO PLAY HERE. AND THIS IS MIDNIGHT AT THIS POINT. IT’S MAINLY IN SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF OUR VIEWING AREA TOWARDS ALEXANDER CITY AND TALLAPOOSA, COOSA, CLAY COUNTIES. AND THEN BY 7 A.M. WEDNESDAY, IT’S ALL OUT OF HERE. THE INSTABILITY DROPS SIGNIFICANTLY, MEANING WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY THUNDERSTORMS AFTER THAT. SO BETWEEN NOW AND 1 P.M. WEDNESDAY, WITH THAT WAVE COMING THROUGH, WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE BETWEEN A HALF INCH OF RAIN AND HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH, WHERE THERE IS MORE HUMIDITY AND MORE WATER TO WORK WITH IN THE ATMOSPHERE. BUT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM CHANCE WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE WE COOL OFF AND DRY U