Francine causes power outages across Alabama

NOW WE WANT TO TURN BACK TO CHIEF METEOROLOGY OFFICER JASON SIMPSON AS WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM. JASON. NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL DAYS OF RESILIENCE AHEAD, RIGHT? RIGHT. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY. ALL RESILIENCE DAYS. TODAY WAS A WARNING DAY. THE WIND, THE RAIN, THE FACT THAT WE WERE WAITING FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE TORNADO. THAT HAS RAISED OUR CONCERN. A LITTLE MORE FOR TODAY. BUT TOMORROW IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS. THEY JUST WON'T BE QUITE AS WIDESPREAD AS THE HARSH WEATHER WE HAD HERE THIS THURSDAY. Right now, there is heavy rain in Saint Clair County, right down the road from Moody High School for 11, through the Margaret Community and up to Odenville. Rain is falling around Cook Springs and toward Wolf Creek. More downpours, especially in southern Chilton counties, there was plenty of rain today, but there are other parts of the county that didn't get as much rain. There will be more rain, now decent rain across much of Walker County and Winston County, and spreading across Smith Lake and Cullman County as well. IT WON'T RAIN ALL NIGHT AND IT WON'T RAIN ALL DAY TOMORROW, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING CONTINUED RAIN TOMORROW, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THERE IS A FLOOD WARNING FOR MUCH OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM TOMORROW EVENING, AND IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. RAIN. IT'S STAYING TONIGHT. TOMORROW WOMAN IT'S STILL WINDY, BUT NOT AS WINDY AS THIS MORNING. AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 10 TO 15 MPH. MAYBE A LITTLE STRONGER. THE BUS STOP TOMORROW, TOMORROW AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ALMOST 80 TEMPERATURES AND THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SO WHEN WILL THEY HAPPEN? WELL, I THINK THEY'LL START OVER WESTERN ALABAMA MAYBE AS FAR AS NOON. AND THEN SLOWLY EXPAND EAST THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. DON'T THINK OF THIS AS A SLUTS LINE LIKE WE SEE IN THE SPRING OR SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE EARLY SUMMER. THIS IS MORE LIKE A TROPICAL RAINBAND THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. 3 PM TO 9 PM UNFORTUNATELY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. I THINK WE'LL EXPERIENCE A QUITE A LOT OF RAIN AND STORMS DURING THIS TIME. AND THEN FROM 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT EAST OF ANNISTON AND GADSDEN ACROSS ROANOKE AND WEDOWEE. A GOOD CHANCE OF MORE RAIN COMING TO THIS AREA. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. A LIMITED TORNADO THREAT AND SOME STORM FLOODING COULD OCCUR AS WELL. THE WEATHER FORECAST CENTER (WPC) IS FORECASTING A MODERATE LEVEL 3 RISK FOR SOME STORM FLOODING IN THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH SAINT CLAIR, BLOUNT, CULLMAN COUNTY, WALKER COUNTY NORTH TO DECATUR AND ATHENS. AND SO YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS PERSISTED BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW DURING THE DAY OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. LIGHTNING, HEAVY RAINFALL, GUSTY WINDS OF ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH AND A SMALL CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. EVEN TOMORROW AT 7:00 PM, VERY HEAVY STORM HAZARDS WILL STILL REMAIN FREQUENTLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MORE WEATHER IMPACT. LOCAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DUE TO THE HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN STORMS. THIS HUMIDITY WILL NOT GO AWAY FOR A WHILE UNTIL FRANCINE FINALLY DECIDES TO MOVE AWAY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OUR HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 27S, AND ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK THEY WILL BE IN THE 15S. SPOTS OF RAIN STORMS WILL CONTINUE, BUT IT WILL BE LESS. THIS MEANS THAT WE MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE IN THE INTERWEEKS WHICH CAN DRY THINGS A BIT. AND FINALLY BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

More than 4,000 customers without power due to remnants of Francine in Alabama

Updated: 9:17 a.m. CDT September 13, 2024

IMPACT DAY FORECAST | WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR | STORM DAMAGE | HOW TO GET WEATHER ALERTS | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOSVideo Above: The latest forecast from WVTM 13 meteorologists We have declared Friday Impact Day for Central Alabama.An “Impact Day” is what we call a day when the weather is so turbulent that it causes changes to your normal daily routine.Download the free WVTM 13 app and turn on alerts to get the latest information from our meteorologists. You can download it here.More than 4,900 Alabama customers have been without power since 7:30 a.m. Friday, according to PowerOutage.us.More than 500 homes are affected by power outages in the following counties.Jefferson – 1,758This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.

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IMPACT DAY PREDICTION | WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR| STORM DAMAGE | HOW TO GET WEATHER ALERTS | UPLOAD YOUR WEATHER PHOTOS

Video above: The latest forecast from WVTM 13 meteorologists

We have Friday for Effective date for Central Alabama.

An “impact day” is a day when the weather is so disruptive that it causes changes to your normal daily routine.

Download the free WVTM 13 app and turn on alerts for the latest information from our meteorologists. You can download it Here.

According to PowerOutage.us, more than 4,900 customers in Alabama have been without power since 7:30 a.m. Friday.

In the following districts, more than 500 households are affected by power outages.

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This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.