The Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for parts of Southwest and West Central Alabama until 3 a.m.
In the Birmingham NWS Warning Area…counties include: Greene, Hale, Marengo and Sumter. Counties down the state line to Mobile are also in the watch.
At 8:30 this evening, rain covered the western third of Alabama.
The leading edge of the rain extended from Gadsden to Linden.
Not much lightning in Alabama at this time. Some in northern Sumter County and southern Pickens County. The activity across the border from Pickens County will bring heavy rain, some strong winds and a good bit of lightning in the next hour or so to much of Pickens County.
More intense storms are south of Jackson. This activity will pass south of Meridian on its way to Sumter, Choctaw and Marengo counties. If this activity holds together, it will affect places like Hale, Perry, Dallas and Wilcox Counties before 11 p.m.
