FIRST A REISSUANCE…
The NWS has issued a Tornado Warning for Fayette, Lamar [AL] till 4:30 PM CDT …* AT 356 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTE…MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. If you are in the path of this tornado, take cover immediately.
GENERAL SITUATION
Showers and storms continue to rotate from southeast to northwest in the broad circulation pattern around Tropical Depression Fay, which is located in South Central Mississippi this afternoon. It is now somewhere south of Jackson.
There is lots of helicty or spin in the atmosphere today due to the proximity of the low, so deeper updrafts can be capable of rotating. Would not be surprised to see more warnigns as we go through the rest of the afternoon.
A tornado watch continues until 9 p.m. for much of Central Alabama.
At 4 p.m, the strongest storms across the state are over Fayette and Tuscaloosa Counties, over Autauga County and in East Alabama near the Anniston/Oxford areas.
More moisture is expected to surge in tomorrow, and a flash flood watch has been issued for much of Central Alabama from Monday morning through Tuesday morning.
