A line of intense thunderstorms is over northeastern and eastern Mississippi this afternoon. They are about an hour away from the West Alabama Counties of Franklin, Marion and Lamar and a little further away from Pickens and Sumter Counties.
Severe thunderstorm warnings cover several counties in northeastern Mississippi. The stronger storms could produce damaging winds and hail to 1 inch. All of the storms are producing intense lightning, very heavy rain and gusty winds as well as some small hail.
Elsewhere, storms are scattered across the rest of North and Central Alabama at this hour. A large area of moderate rain is moving into Lamar, Pickens, Greene and Sumter Counties.
