March 23, 2021
Severe weather will again be possible on Thursday with a setup similar to last week. We'll get more details over the coming days but timing looks to be afternoon through overnight again. As of now I don't think this has the potential to be as bad as last week's event was supposed to be but we'll see how the forecast unfolds. There will probably be some severe risk on Friday but that may be well off to the east-northeast. There will also be some high rainfall totals possible but right now that is confined near the Alabama/Mississippi Gulf Coast and extreme western Florida Panhandle.
Speaking of last week, in once sense the forecast was a bit of a bust but in another way it wasn't. The afternoon storms were pretty much what was expected. However, the forecast was for the situation to get even worse during the evening and this never occurred. With that said, there have been 25 tornadoes confirmed so far with 21 of them in Alabama. I think this ranks 6th most on record for AL so all the same this was a significant event. It can be frustrating when a forecast doesn't pan out but in this case that was a very good thing. Nocturnal tornadoes in the south is probably the most deadly weather hazard we have down here.
Stay safe and have a good week.
Chris
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