Severe weather threat for Elmore County today 11-30-2016

According to the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Birmingham, there is a limited severe weather threat for today for Elmore County. The timeframe for the primary severe weather threat we will see today for Elmore County will be from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Below you will find the Hazardous Weather Outlook published by the NWS early this morning along with a graphic from the NWS WFO in Birmingham. The graphic shows the type of threat we may see along with the timing of the severe threat across the state. We will continue to monitor the system closely.

NWS STATEMENT:

“THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE…THROUGH TONIGHT.

A LIMITED THREAT OF ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES, DAMAGING WIND, AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TUSCALOOSA TO ONEONTA LINE. THE THREAT WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY, EXITING THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES BY 3 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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