5 ways to stay safe during severe weather

FIRST, THIS IS WVTM 13 WEATHER. TODAY IS AN ALERT DAY, WHICH MEANS THE WEATHER COULD BE SERIOUS OR LIFE THREATENING. AND I REALIZE IT’S BEEN RATHER QUIET AROUND HERE FOR SOME TIME, BUT WE KNOW HOW TO TREAT THESE DAYS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. WE ARE NO STRANGER TO SEVERE WEATHER. YOU NEED TO HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS, AND THEN KNOW YOUR SAFE PLACE IN THE CASE THAT IT IS NEEDED LATER TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE, EVEN SOME LARGE HAIL WITHIN SOME OF THE TALLEST UPDRAFTS GREATER THAN AN INCH, AND GUSTY WINDS TO UP TO 60MPH. AND THAT’S WHAT THE SEVERE STORM. BUT APART FROM ANY SEVERE STORM, IT IS GOING TO BE DISRUPTIVE LATER TODAY. HEAVY RAIN, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. THIS IS THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER RISK MAP FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK THAT’S LEVEL FOUR OUT OF FIVE FOR SUMTER COUNTY. SOUTHWEST ALABAMA OVER TO THE WEST MERIDIAN, JACKSON, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI. AND AN ENHANCED RISK WHICH IS LEVEL THREE OUT OF FIVE FOR WEST ALABAMA AT THIS POINT. AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE WESTERN PORTION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, PART OF WALKER COUNTY, FAYETTE LAMAR PICKENS, TUSCALOOSA, GREENE, HALE DOWN TO PERRY AND DALLAS COUNTY, BIBB COUNTY. AND SO THAT THAT’S A LEVEL THREE OUT OF FIVE RISK MOST OF THE STATE LEVEL TWO OUT OF FIVE. SO THE GREATER RISK FOR A TORNADO IS GOING TO BE IN THESE ORANGE TO RED COLOR AREAS. THAT’S WEST OF I 65. STILL, A SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE. I THINK THE TIMELINE IS GOING TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT LATER. ADJUSTED THESE TIMES JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED STORMS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. BUT I THINK THE MAIN LINE IS GOING TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MUCH LATER TONIGHT. SO WE WILL SAY FOR THE EARLIEST 4 P.M. FOR PART OF WEST ALABAMA, THAT’S HAMILTON, FAYETTE, ALICEVILLE, TUSCALOOSA DOWN TO EUTAW AND DEMOPOLIS THROUGH 2 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL PART OF ALABAMA ALONG I-65 CULLMAN DOWN TO GARDENDALE WARRIOR BIRMINGHAM ONEONTA PELL CITY CALERA CENTREVILLE CLANTON SELMA. WE’LL SAY 6 P.M. TO 4 A.M. 6 P.M. AT THE EARLIEST. AND THEN AS THIS LINE CONTINUES TO WORK EAST THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING, THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DWINDLE. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT EAST ALABAMA FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M. THAT’S ANNISTON ASHLAND ALEX CITY DOWN TO COOSA COUNTY, AUBURN, AND AREAS TO THE EAST. THIS IS THE LATEST SHORT TERM GUIDANCE. I MENTIONED THAT WE’RE TRENDING A LITTLE BIT LATER. I THINK THE ARRIVAL OF THE MAIN LINE OF CONVECTION IS GOING TO BE MUCH LATER TONIGHT. 4 P.M. NOT A LOT HAPPENING. MAYBE SOME SHOWERS, A FEW ISOLATED STORMS INTO TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME ISOLATED STORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE AND WILL BE WE WILL BE WATCHING THESE. I THINK THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE WOULD BE SOME STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. AS THIS MAIN LINE STARTS TO WORK IN AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS IS WHEN WE’RE REALLY GOING TO BE ON GUARD, AND SOME OF THESE CELLS THAT DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE, THEY’RE THE ONES THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH FOR ROTATION. IT WILL BE LOUD. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS IS WHEN MOST OF US ARE ASLEEP. SO TAKE NOTE. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A WAY TO RECEIVE WARNINGS IN THE CASE THAT THEY’RE NEEDED. 2 A.M. TOMORROW. THE MAIN LINE YOU CAN SEE IT’S A BROKEN LINE OF STORMS WORKING ALONG I-65. IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS IS AT 4 A.M. WE’RE LOOKING AT EAST ALABAMA ANNISTON TALLADEGA GADSDEN JACKSONVILLE DOWN TO ROCKFORD CLANTON. AND THEN IT CONTINUES TO WORK EAST, QUIET AND DRY. THIS MORNING. THERE’S FOG IN SPOTS. IT’S CLOUDY. IT’S A LITTLE MISTY. WE’RE MILD IN THE 60S. SOME LOW 50S. BUT WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR IS DRY AT THIS HOUR. WE ARE WATCHING THIS LINE OF STORMS DEVELOP OFF TO THE WEST, AND THEN IT WILL PUSH EAST INTO ALABAMA LATER TODAY. IT’S AN ALERT DAY. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER. WE WILL BE HERE ALL NIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING WATCHING THE STORMS.