The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for NE Lowndes County in Mississippi.
The storm passing just north of the Columbus AFB has intensified and is now severe. It is moving southeast and will enter southern Lamar County and northern Pickens County, passing between Millport and Ethelsville after 5:40 p.m. There are strong indications of hail along with torrential rains and deadly lightning. Damaging winds are also likely.
A forty mile wide band of showers and some thunder extends east to west across Central Alabama tonight from Cherokee and Cleburne Counties on the east through Cullman, Blount and Jefferson Counties back to Lamar and Pickens Counties in the west.
