Published on: June 1, 2008 at 3:12 PM

The SPC has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of the northern half of Alabama until 9 p.m. CDT.

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The watch is for a complex situation setting up for this evening with storms forming ahead of a southward moving cool front near the Ohio River and a mesoscale convective system in Arkansas.

Counties in Central Alabama in the watch include:
Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston.

North Alabama counties include…Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall and Morgan.