Lots of beneficial rain. At 11:30 pm a broad band of rain, 60 miles wide in places, extended from the Huntsville-Scottsboro area in the Tennessee Valley southward through the Birmingham Metro area and into South Alabama. The rain is quite … Continue reading →

It was pouring rain over parts of North and Central Alabama lste tonight but the threat of any severe weather has greatly lessened. Mostly a rain event now. Down in Extreme SW Alabama, a Tornado Watch continues until midnight. Have … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 208 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 640 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 TORNADO WATCH 208 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS . … Continue reading →

Police at Louisville, Miss., Winston County, report numerous treed down around the city. This area is about 35-40 miles west of the Alabama border. At 6:30, in SE Mississippi, a possible tornado was 11 miles south of Hattiesburg moving east … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 625 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL … Continue reading →

* The Storm Prediction Center in a special discussion is contemplating extending the Tornado Watch that was already in effect over Central and South Mississippi into SW Alabama. This would likely not reach as far NE as the Birmingham area. … Continue reading →

TORNADO WARNING For Lamar and Marion County in Extreme South Mississippi until 6:30 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS Clay and Webster County until 6:30. These two counties are in NE Mississippi and Clat County is only one county removed from the Alabama … Continue reading →

At 5 pm, EMA, Leake County, Miss., reports many trees down on Swamp Road 3 miles south of Ofahoma, Miss. Some of these counties in this warning are in East Central Mississippi: BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING … Continue reading →

The Storm Prediction Prediction Center is considering a watch for parts of West Central and NW Alabama later. This is also possible for NE Mississippi and part of Middle Tennessee.

At 4:55 pm, NWS/Jackson reported roof of a home damaged and numerous trees and power lines down in the NW part of Copiah County along New Zion Road. 8 miles east of Carpenter, Miss., in the same county, the EMA … Continue reading →