Published on: April 4, 2008 at 5:08 AM

Severe weather is the main focus today.

At 5 am, showers, mostly light, were in progress over NW Alabama. However the main line of intense thunderstorms extended from near Nashville southwestward into North and West Mississippi.

A number of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings with that line of storms, however, there has not been a Tornado Warning since just before midnight in Arkansas.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues until 11 o’clock this morning for these five Extreme North and Northwest Alabama counties:

Colbert
Lawrence
Franklin
Lauderdale
Limestone

All of Alabama is included in a risk of severe weather today and tonight by the Storm Prediction Center. So far, it is posted as a “slight risk.” Even the word “slight” should be taken seriously.