ALABAMA
Rain was extensive across most parts of the state this afternoon. However, so far, near the Tennessee River amounts have been quite light. Steady rain was falling all the way from Marion and Pickens County eastward to the Georgia border. The rain was moderate to heavy at times in Walker, Jefferson, Shelby and St. Clair County eastward.
Way down south, another rather broad zone of moderate to heavy rain was near the Mississippi coast eastward across coastal Alabama into almost all of NW Florida.
Here is Alabama, the rain will be widespread at times tonight along with a few thunderstorms. The atmosphere will be more unstable Friday and the south half of the state has been placed under a slight risk of severe weather. It looks like our showers and thunderstorms will decrease rather quickly late in the day Friday.
WEATHER PROBLEMS OUTSIDE OF ALABAMA
A new Tornado Watch goes until 9:00 tonight for extreme SE Texas and most of Central and South Louisiana. In Mississippi, a Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 6:00 tomorrow morning for several counties in Central and West/Central Misssissippi, including the Jackson area westward.
If you are traveling to the NW, north and NE of Alabama, be advised there are various types of winter weather advisories, including some Ice Storm Warnings, in a broad area. Here are some of the places:
North Arkansas
NE Oklahoma
East Kansas
Most of Missouri
South half of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
Almost all of Kentucky
Most of Virginia and West Virginia
All of Pennsylvania
Part of SE New York
All of Massachusetts
Northwestern North Carolina
