Flood Watch: Heavy storms in Alabama's forecast through Father's Day weekend.

[00:00:00]YOU’LL FIND ZOE SMUGGLING SOME BARBECUE SAUCE THROUGH THE AIRPORT.

[00:00:05]ALL RIGHT, THE WEEKEND IS HERE.

[00:00:07]FATHER’S DAY TOMORROW, IF YOU’VE GOT OUTDOOR PLANS, THEY MAY BE INTERRUPTED BY SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT TIMES, AND THERE IS NO FORMAL SEVERE RISK.

[00:00:15]BUT YOU KNOW THAT SUMMER STORMS CAN BE INTENSE.

[00:00:18]AND JUST A FEW IMPORTANT NOTES.

[00:00:20]WE HAVE A VERY SATURATED GROUND, SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MEAN THAT TREES COULD TOPPLE OVER EASILY, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF A SEVERE STORM.

[00:00:28]IF WE GET A WIND GUST UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR, THAT COULD CAUSE SOME ISSUES.

[00:00:33]AND THEN THE LIGHTNING, OF COURSE, ALONE IS REALLY ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERNS DURING THE SUMMERTIME, WITH EVERYONE OUTDOORS AND JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

[00:00:40]SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE STAYING PLUGGED INTO THE WEATHER IN SOME FASHION.

[00:00:44]AND YOU KNOW WHEN STORMS ARE APPROACHING SO THAT YOU CAN HEAD INDOORS.

[00:00:48]SCATTERED DOWNPOURS TODAY, THOSE WILL MOVE IN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, REALLY BY ABOUT 11:00 AND THEN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

[00:00:54]WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOME SCATTERED STORMS AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

[00:00:57]I DO THINK WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY AND AT LEAST A DRIER FORECAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE WE SEE ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

[00:01:06]LOOK AT THE TRAIN OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ALONG I 22, STRETCHING ALL THE WAY BACK TO SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

[00:01:12]AND THEN A FEW MORE STORMS DOWN TOWARD TEXAS.

[00:01:15]THESE ARE INTENSE.

[00:01:16]THE LIGHTNING OUTPUT ALONE TELLS THAT STORY IN MISSISSIPPI ALONG I-55, WE’VE GOT SOME HEAVY STORMS BETWEEN KOSCIUSKO AND CANTON, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE DRIFTING OUR DIRECTION.

[00:01:27]AND SO I STILL THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE DRY IN ALABAMA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

[00:01:32]IT DOESN’T LOOK TO BE WET UNTIL I WOULD SAY 11:00.

[00:01:35]AND THAT IS FOR WEST ALABAMA.

[00:01:37]SO THESE STORMS AREN’T MOVING TOO FAST THIS MORNING.

[00:01:41]BUT THEY ARE VERY HEAVY EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS.

[00:01:43]AND SO THAT’S GOING TO MEAN THE FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

[00:01:47]IF YOU GET OUT GETTING OUT THIS MORNING THOUGH, IT LOOKS REALLY NICE OUT THERE.

[00:01:51]WE’VE GOT SOME HIGH CLOUDS AROUND BUT ALSO SOME BLUE SKY 73 HERE IN BIRMINGHAM.

[00:01:56]YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUT AND AWAY FROM YOUR HOME FOR A LENGTH OF TIME.

[00:02:00]GRAB THE UMBRELLA THIS MORNING BECAUSE YOU MAY NEED IT IF YOU’RE ON THE ROAD THIS AFTERNOON.

[00:02:04]10 A.M. ON THE FUTURE TRACK, WE HAVE THESE STORMS EXPANDING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA OVER FAYETTE.

[00:02:09]GORDO.

[00:02:10]TUSCALOOSA.

[00:02:10]BIRMINGHAM.

[00:02:11]CALERA CLANTON DOWN TO CENTERVILLE, AND THEY CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

[00:02:18]WE’VE GOT SOME HEAVY RAIN ONGOING, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-20.

[00:02:22]THAT’S THE TREND TODAY.

[00:02:24]THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN AND STORMS IS GOING TO BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

[00:02:29]THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO, WE’RE LOOKING AT LITTLE TO NO CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

[00:02:34]MUCH DRIER UP ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA.

[00:02:36]TONIGHT WILL BE DRY.

[00:02:37]I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO DO.

[00:02:39]AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING SHOULD BE WAKING UP DRY.

[00:02:42]WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL STORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

[00:02:45]COVERAGE DOESN’T LOOK WIDESPREAD.

[00:02:47]YOU CAN SEE UNEVENLY SCATTERED HEAVY STORMS.

[00:02:50]THOSE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

[00:02:55]IF YOU PLANNED ON COOKING OUT TOMORROW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU MAY HAVE TO HEAD INDOORS TEMPORARILY, BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A WASHOUT FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON SUNDAY.

[00:03:05]THESE STORMS CAN DUMP MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SINGLE HOUR.

[00:03:09]AND SO THAT’S WHY THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES.

[00:03:12]THIS MAP FROM THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER, WE’RE OUTLINED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR FLOODING HERE IN BIRMINGHAM, TUSCALOOSA, TALLADEGA AND ALL THE WAY SOUTH.

[00:03:20]AND WE’VE GOT A FLOOD WATCH UP THROUGH TONIGHT.

[00:03:23]UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MORE STORMS AHEAD FOR US.

[00:03:25]WE’RE TRYING TO TAKE IT DAY BY DAY, BUT AS WE GET TO EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE FLOW PATTERN WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AND WEST.

[00:03:32]AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT CAN BRING THESE BIG HEAVY THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES DOWN OUR DIRECTION.

[00:03:38]AND IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER, OFTENTIMES THEY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

[00:03:42]AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR CONCERN MONDAY, TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AND STILL A LITTLE EARLY TO BE TIMING THESE OUT.

[00:03:48]IT’S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO TIME THE WAVES OF STORM