Strong to severe thunderstorms associated with an MCS is moving southeastward through the western half of Tennessee and the central parts of Kentucky at 8:08 PM and should be crossing the AL/TN state line and affecting the northwestern parts of North Alabama within the next 30-60 minutes. The forward speed at this point is at 30 MPH.
A Slight Risk is now up for the extreme northern parts of North Alabama with a Marginal Risk up for the rest of North Alabama and a good portion of the northeastern half of Central Alabama.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is already in effect for all of the North Alabama counties until 1:00 am Saturday. We’ll have to see if the MCS will maintain enough strength to issue a watch for Central Alabama a little later tonight.
