One disaster 2020 hasn t dumped on the Tuscaloosa area is severe weather, but as the calendar year closes, residents should be alert for possible high winds, heavy rainfall and a chance of tornadoes Thursday evening, rolling into Friday.
After a freezing yule in which neighboring counties saw White Christmas flurries, temperatures may shoot as high as 70 for New Year s Eve, said Jason Holmes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Birmingham. Combine that with a strong cold front moving in from the west, currently threatening to bring snow and heavy rain to much of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, and threats grow.