The NWS continues to carve counties off the tornado watches that are in effect for Alabama…
Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker and Winston Counties have been removed…
Counties still included in watch number 857 until 4 p.m. include…
BLOUNT… CALHOUN… CHEROKEE… CLAY… CLEBURNE… COOSA… DEKALB… ETOWAH… JACKSON… JEFFERSON… MARSHALL… RANDOLPH… ST. CLAIR… SHELBY… TALLADEGA
Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Tuscaloosa Counties have also been removed from the watch.
Counties still in included in Tornado Watch number 858 for West and South Alabama include…
More counties will be cleared since the strong wind fields are moving into Georgia. Additional thunderstorms are now developing over eastern Mississipi. The heaviest ones are over Noxubee and Kemper Counties and will be moving towards Pickens and Tuscaloosa Counties in the next. It remains to be seen whether these will become severe. The most likely threat from them will be hail.
Radar indicates that the westen edge of the rain area extends from Morgan through Cullman, western Blount, eastern Jefferson, western Shelby, western Chilton and Autauga counties.
The cold front is back in Central Mississippi, extending south from a low near Memphis.
Gotta run finish the afternoon forecast package…more updates as necessary…
