NOTE: This only a brief progress report. Scroll down to earlier discussions which are still valid.
Showers increasing over North and West Alabama at midday and some thunderstorms were developing over South Alabama mainly near the Florida border.
But the heaviest rain and storms was still over North Mississippi and the North half of Louisiana.
Tornado Watch continues until mid-afternoon for NE corner of Texas and almost the north half of Louisiana.
NWS/Storm Prediction Center
They have now expanded the slight risk area to include about the north 2/3 of Alabama this afternoon and tonight.