Published on: April 10, 2009 at 8:32 PM

Three main storms tonight…

1. One passing south of Phenix City, moving into Georgia. Very dangerous storm. Strong indications of rotation with clear bounded weak echo region and tornado vortex signature on radar indicating high potential for a tornado. Hail to the size of ping pong balls possible. A tornado warning is in effect for eastern Russell County for a few more minutes.

2. Tallapoosa County, northern Macon and western Lee Counties until 8:45 p.m. Dangerous storm in the cone of silence of the Maxwell AFB Radar, approaching Notasulga. This storm will pass south of Auburn. Trees are down in Loachapoka. Reports from WTVM in Columbus that there may be some homes damaged. That is likely from the earlier storm that passed through Auburn.

3. Severe thunderstorm warnings cover a nice chunk of Central Alabama including eastern Dallas, nrothern Lowndes, southern Autauga, southern Elmore, northern Montgomery, western Macon and western Bullock Counties. The biggest storm is between Prattville and the Montgomery Airport.