Someone just asked the National Weather Service if we were having a durango.
No, but we are at the tail end of a derecho.
A derecho (duh-ray-cho) is a large complex of thunderstorms that produces widespread wind damage along a wide and long swath. This once started this morning in eastern Oklahoma. It moved across Arkansas, western Tennessee, northern Mississippi and into western Alabama.
It is encountering some rain cooled air over Central Alabama now and has weakened a bit.
Severe thunderstorm warning continues until 9 p.m. for Jefferson, SE Tuscaloosa, NE Bibb, Shelby, NW Talladega and western St. Clair Counties.
The storms have really weakened in the Birmingham area.
A new warning has been issued for Greene, Sumter and Hale Counties for a dangerous storm just west of Eutaw.
