Late reports indicate 8 dead and 60 injured across Tennessee from tornadoes.
At least three fatal in Arkansas.
At 1 am, the main line of thunderstorms that we are watching very closely extended from the NE corner of Mississippi southwestward to near Vicksburg and all the way down into SW Louisiana. Loaded with lightning.
Some of the strongest storms will be entering Extreme NW Alabama into Colbert, Lauderdale and Franklin County by around 2 am or so.
A new line of mostly light showers has formed ahead of the main line and extended generally along the Guntersville-Jasper-Tuscaloosa-Aliceville line. We will assign one of our eyes to watch just in case that line of showers shows development.
The Tornado Watch continues until 5 am for a large part of North and West Central Alabama including all of the Greater Birmingham area. May be 4 or 5 am before the Birmingham gets hit by the main line.
In Mississippi, NWS, Jackson issued a Tornado Warning for Madison and East Yazoo County until 1:30 am, including the City of Canton. Tornado was detected by the Jackson meteorologists 16 miles south of Yazoo City.
LATER INFORMATION FROM JACKSON
NWS has now issued a Tornado Warning for Claiborne, Copiah and Hinds County until 1:30 am. Jackson is in Hinds County. So there are now five West Central and SW Mississippi counties under a tornado warning.
