At 2:45 AM, showers were in progress mostly over the north third of Alabama, generally from north of Birmingham northward into Tennessee. A number of the showers were moderate to heavy but there was little or no lightning.
Heaviest was near Decatur.
Movement was toward the northeast.
Down south, other showers, some heavy, were moving onshore into the Mobile-Baldwin County area and also moving northeast.
There were no watches or warnings in effect for Alabama at 2:40 am.
The Tornado Watch that was in effect for a good part of Mississippi expired on time at 2 o’clock this morning. Tornado Watches currently cover areas from the north edge of Mississippi and East Arkansas northward into Southeast Missouri and into Illinois.
The new Severe Weather Outlook issued by the Storm Prediction Center shows a slight risk covering most of Mississippi and Alabama northward all the way to Upper Michigan. (Mobile, Dothan, Gulfport and Biloxi not included) Extreme Northwest Georgia is also included, Atlanta, too.
Within that large slight risk area is an enhanced moderate risk for West Kentucky north through all of Indiana, East Illinois, Extreme West Ohio into Lower Michigan. Within the moderate risk area is such major cities as Louisville, Indianapolis and Chicago.
