Weather Alerts For Rainbow City, AL

Watch county notification for watch 30 National Weather Service Birmingham AL 724 PM CDT Mon Mar 9 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and northern Alabama Extreme northwest and west central Georgia * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until 1000 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will spread eastward from Mississippi into Alabama through late evening, and eventually reach northwest Georgia. Storm mode will be complicated with a mix of clusters and some embedded supercells with attendant threats of occasional wind damage, large hail, and a tornado or two. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of Muscle Shoals AL to 45 miles east northeast of Anniston AL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 29... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 28035.

Closest strike: 6.04 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NORTHWEST GEORGIA SUMMARY Isolated severe thunderstorms remain possible this evening from the lower Mississippi Valley to northwest Georgia. 01z Update Gulf State: Convection that developed over southeast OK/AR earlier this morning has grown upscale as it spread across the Mid-South region. This MCS is now spreading across northern AL and appears to be gradually expanding in areal extent. Earlier supercell structures have mostly merged within the broader precip shield, and latest MESH cores support this with hail signatures primarily below severe levels. As the MCS propagates downstream, locally damaging winds, and marginal severe hail will be the primary concerns. Farther south across the lower MS Valley, both JAN and LIX exhibit strong deep layer shear and modest-strong buoyancy. Scattered robust convection persists along this corridor, driven in part by weak low-level warm advection and diurnal heating. For the next few hours, isolated severe will continue within this environment, but nocturnal cooling should lead to few storms by mid evening, along with weaker convection. Southern AZ: Scattered convection has developed along the northern periphery of an upper low advancing east across northwest Mexico. This activity will continue spreading north this evening as favorable large-scale ascent is noted near the international border. Nocturnal cooling should lead to weaker updrafts and the overall risk of damaging winds/large hail should gradually wane with time.

Pollen Index: 9.5 Pollen Level: medium-high Predominant Pollen: Maple, Elm and Alder Pollen concentrations for Monday will be on the increase in the high range. This forecast of higher pollen concentration is based on higher temperatures and the lower dewpoint. The increase of this magnitude could make it more difficult for those with allergies.