CLANTON – Tuesday, 6:30 am, April 28, 2026
There are two separate threats of severe weather today into early Wednesday. The first is due to the current thunderstorm activity near and north of I-20 as of 530 am. These storms will produce a boundary somewhere near or south of I-20 by late morning. Additional storm development is likely into the afternoon with a few storms producing wind gusts from 40-60 mph and hail.
The second threat will be a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) or large cluster of storms that will reach western Alabama late this afternoon or early evening and move eastward through early Wednesday morning. Damaging wind gusts, hail, and very heavy rainfall are the main threats, although a couple of tornadoes are also possible, mainly in the western sections of the state. There could be pockets of widespread damaging wind gusts with this cluster as it moves through Alabama.
Yet another cluster of storms is expected to move from west to east across the state Wednesday afternoon into early Thursday. There is a question as to whether the atmosphere will recover from today’s activity to support severe storms, but at least a Marginal Risk is currently forecast for the potential of a few damaging wind gusts and hail. There is no tornado threat.
The unsettled weather pattern continues from Thursday into Saturday with additional upper-level disturbances producing rainfall at times, mainly across the southern half of the state. Total rainfall through this weekend will be 2-4 inches, but a number of locations will likely receive higher amounts. Localized flooding is possible at times beginning this afternoon through the remainder of the week.
