4 killed in Pike County crash after chase involving Alabama trooper

2028. IT’S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. HOPE EVERYBODY’S HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND SOAK UP THE SUN BEFORE THE RAIN GETS HERE, BUT IT’S 83 RIGHT NOW IN BIRMINGHAM. WE’VE STILL GOT SOME TIME BEFORE THAT RAIN MOVES INTO THE MAGIC CITY AND INTO THE METRO AREA. WE’RE IN THE 80S IN MOST SPOTS ACROSS THE STATE. MANY SPOTS IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA DROPPING TO THE 60S AND 70S AS WE SPEAK. THAT COOL AIR IS COMING IN THANKS TO THAT RAIN, TO COOL AIR DUE TO THE RAIN THAT’S FALLING NOW. SOME JUST SHOWERS AT THIS POINT OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND LAUDERDALE. COLBERT, FRANKLIN AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES, EVEN LIMESTONE COUNTIES AT THIS POINT, GETTING READY TO CROSS I-65 AND HEAD TOWARDS HUNTSVILLE CLOSER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. NOT TOO MUCH MARION COUNTY SEEING A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. THEY SAW SOME THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER, BUT A LOT OF THIS RAIN COOLED AIR IS GOING TO LOWER THE INSTABILITY NOW, WHICH MEANS WHEN THE RAIN BACK BEHIND ALL OF THIS GETS HERE, IT WON’T HAVE THAT SEVERE PUNCH WITH IT. AND THAT’S JUST THE PRE-FRONTAL RAIN THAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. WE STILL HAVE SOME THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE WEST, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME RAIN GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO TUSCALOOSA COUNTY TOO. SAMANTHA TUSCALOOSA DOWN TOWARDS MARION AND CENTREVILLE AS WELL, SO WE’LL KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THOSE. STORM OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, GREEN HILL, SUMTER UP TO ETOWAH AND SAINT CLAIR BIRMINGHAM JEFFERSON COUNTIES AND NORTHWARD. BUT OVERALL, I THINK THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS ALREADY STARTING TO DIMINISH. IT’S NOT TOO MUCH OF A CONCERN, AT LEAST THAT I’M WORRIED ABOUT A VERY LOW CHANCE OF SEEING THOSE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60MPH. AND THAT’S REALLY THE MAIN THREAT. THAT THREAT IS LOW. THERE’S ALSO THAT SMALL POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED FLOODING IN SPOTS THAT TYPICALLY SEES IT. AND THEN I THINK EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THAT POTENTIAL OF SEEING SOME RAIN AT SOME POINT, MAYBE EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME LIGHTNING TOO. SO IMPACT WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. HERE’S THE FIRST WARNING FUTURE TRACK. YOU CAN SEE THOSE THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH LIKE WE SAW IN THE SATELLITE. AND THE RADAR THAT’S MOVING NORTH AND EAST. WE’RE ALSO TRACKING THAT LINE THAT’S MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE REST OF THIS EVENING. WE’LL START TO SEE MORE WIDESPREAD, SCATTERED RAIN THROUGH 9 P.M. JASPER TUSCALOOSA. IN COLEMAN. GADSDEN. ANNISTON. YOU GUYS ALL HAVE THAT POTENTIAL FROM THAT SYSTEM COMING IN FROM THE WEST AND THE THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH TOO. THIS IS NOW 11 P.M. AT THIS POINT, THE INSTABILITY REALLY DROPPING A LOT OF THIS AT THIS POINT IS JUST A LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH NO ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE. THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1 A.M. SUNDAY. CROSSING THE METRO AREA. AND THIS IS 5 A.M. AT THIS POINT. BIRMINGHAM COLEMAN TUSCALOOSA. JASPER.HAMILTON. DUTTON. ANNISTON, ALEX CITY AND CLANTON. YOU GUYS STILL GETTING YOUR FAIR SHARE OF RAIN AND IT’S ON OUT OF HERE AS EARLY AS 9 A.M. AS LATE AS ABOUT NOON. SO THEN YOU CAN GET OUTSIDE AND HAVE YOUR EASTER EGG HUNT. JUST MAKE SURE YOU GRAB SOME RAIN BOOTS ON YOUR WAY OUT. EVEN IF THE RAIN IS GONE, THE GROUND WILL BE WET. WE GOT RAINFALL TOTALS ANYWHERE BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND UPWARDS TO EVEN TWO INCHES. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA, UP IN DEKALB AND ETOWAH COUNTIES AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES TOO. AND ONCE THAT FRONT THAT’S BRINGING ALL THIS RAIN MOVES OUT OF HERE, TEMPERATURES FALL, THE WINDS COMING OUT OF THE NORTH IS GOING TO AFFECT THAT COOLER AIR INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BACK IN THE MID 40S, ON YOUR WAY OUT THE DOOR MONDAY MORNING. AND WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO STICK AROUND IN THE 40S, THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK, EVERY MORNING, TUESDAY MORNING IN THE 40S, WEDNESDAY MORNINGS IN THE 40S. NOW, AS THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BEHIND THE FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD, IT’S GOING TO BRING IN SOME SUNNIER SKIES. MAJORITY OF THE WORKWEEK. EVENTUALLY, HIGHS GET BACK TO LOW 80S NEXT SATURDAY.