Published on: February 28, 2011 at 8:45 AM

* Atmosphere is ripe for some severe weather.
* Temperatures way too warm for a mid-morning in February in Alabama
* Dew points, another necessary ingredient, well into the 60s.
* NWS Memphis, Flash Flood Warning for two NW Tennessee Counties
* 2 to 4 inches of rain in that area in just the last three hours
* Flood waters up to the doors of buildings at Medina, Tenn.
* Flooding also underway at Huntingdon, Tenn.
* NWS, Nashville issued Flash Flood Warning for a number of Middle Tennessee Counties

LATEST SPOT REPORTS FROM AROUND ALABAMA
…74, cloudy, Muscle Shoals, wind SW gusts to 35
…66, cloudy, Gadsden
…70, cloudy, Tuscaloosa, dew point 64
…70 Birmingham, partly sunny
…68, cloudy, Anniston