A line of broken thunderstorms is over Northeast Mississippi at this hour.
One strong cell is just north of Tupelo. Another is north of Iuka.
They are moving ENE at 40-50 mph.
The storm near Iuka has intensified in the past few minutes. It will move across western Lauderdale County in Alabama in the next 30 minutes.
The southernmost storm will target Franklin and Colbert Counties. It is showing some signs of organization and could become severe.
Strong wind shear could overwhelm the meager amount of instability available to the storms, but any storms that hold together could become severe producing hail, high winds and even an isolated tornado.
The line is trying to develop back to the south, but is having a hard time doing so.
If storms do form south of Tupelo, they would reach Marion County about 7:30 p.m.
Areas south of a line from Vernon to Gadsden may escape without any weather tonight. It is still too early to predict that, but things are looking good right now.
