Greetings from The Weather Company Home Office…which is wherever my laptop is. Tonight it happens to be Appleton, Wisconsin.
Here is a check on the Alabama weather situation just before midnight.
Tornado watch now in effect for Middle Tennnessee, the northwestern quarter of Alabama and eastern Mississippi until 5 a.m. Scroll down for the list of counties.
A squall line is entering western Alabama ahead of a cold front. The leading edge of the activity extends from west of Rogersville in Lauderdale County to near Leighton in COl.bert County to west of Hodges in Franklin County. A strong cell was near VIna.
Colbert, Franklin and Lauderale Counties under severe thunderstorm warning til 12…Lawrence and Limestone til 12:30 a.m. Powerlines blown down on a truck on Midland Ave in Muscle Shoals, truck is on fire. from Colbert County 911.
The line is just entering NW Marion County, which is under a thunderstorm alert (one grade below a severe thunderstorm warning.) The strongest activity about to affect that part of Alabama was back in Mississippi between Amory and Aberdeen. Lamar County just added as a thunderstorm alert county.
Scattered stronger cells are embedded in the line back toward West Point, Starkville and Lousiville. A little hail maybe south of Starkville and near Louisville. The line terminates around one of my favorite town names…Noxapater, Mississippi.
There is some liightning up around Franklin and entering Marion County.
Nothing really severe at this time, but the possibility is there overnight with a decent amount of wind shear present and much cooler air aloft overspreading the relaitively warm and moist evironment near the surface.
Keep the Weather Alert radio on if you head to bed and stick with ABC3340 for any pertinent warnings for our area.
