Greetings from Park City, Utah! Watching Alabama’s weather tonight from a state which is experiencing its biggest wildfire ever.
The Milford Flats wildfire has consumed at least 311,000 acres and is largely out of control. Weather conditions may hamper the efforts of hundreds of firefighters tomorrow as thunderstorms threaten more dry lightning and stronger winds.
Back home, no dry lightning, thank goodness. But some wet lightning for sure.
Activity over eastern Alabama has calmed tonight as the heaviest stuff has moved into Georgia.
The main action is now over Northwest Alabama, where an area of rain and thunderstorms was moving eastward. The heaviest activity is across southeastern Colbert, eastern Franklin and northeastern Marion County. It will be moving into Lawrence County, where a severe thunderstorm warning was in effect but has now been upgraded to a TORNADO WARNING.
A comma head pattern has developed on the radar near Hatton in Lawrence County. Could produce a tornado as it moves ENE in general direction of Courtland and Hillsboro. Imagine…July in Alabama and a tornado warning.
Winston County will also catch the southern end of the line.
I think that is about as far south as the heavy stuff will get. Back to the west, some moderate to heavy rain with a little thunder was moving across Noxubee County, Mississippi and will impact Lamar and Fayette Counties over into Walker County later with more beneficial rains.
And back upstream, more storms are over Arkansas and Oklahoma.
More showers and storms will be on tap tomorrow across the area with more scattered heavy rainfall amounts and lots of that deadly lightning.
It has been a day of incredible cloud displays, some of the best I have ever seen in Alabama. Scroll down to be amazed by photos from our audience.
