That long string of thunderstorms persists from East Mississippi near Starkville and Columbus eastward across Central Alabama into West Georgia.
The part of that line of storms in North/Central Alabama has sunk a bit southward and now the strongest storms were over South Tuscaloosa, North Bibb, Shelby and Southern Talladega Counties. That is also where most of the lightning is. The whole system was moving generally eastward fairly quickly. The NWS Birmingham Doppler radar is still out of service, but we are tracking the storms using regional radars plus the ABC 33/40 one from Double Oak Mountain.
Some of the storms over SW Alabama may get even stronger this afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a Slight Risk of severe weather from extreme SE Texas across most of Louisiana, the south half of Mississippi and part of SW and coastal Alabama. Included in Alabama, some of the areas in that outlook are Mobile northward to Chatham and possibly Grove Hill.
The NWS/Birmingham continues a Flash Flood Warning for Lamar County on the west side of the state until 4:30. At 1:31 p.m., the Lamar County EMA office reported a flash flood at 12:45, but since that time (as of 1:30 p.m.) there have been seven additional road closures due to high water. Also, over 10 other county roads remain flooded from the previous storms.
Off to the west, there were some very strong thunderstorms along the Louisiana/Mississippi border moving toward the ESE. The National Weather Service/Jackson has issued several Tornado Warnings. The latest one was for Eastern Jefferson County until 2:15. That is in SW Mississippi. This storm also has the capability of producing hail the size of quarters and winds to 60 mph.
