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Sunday Weather Xtreme: Sunshine Filled Day Ahead
A gorgeous Sunday is in store for Alabama with blue skies, mild temperatures, and low humidities. Continue reading
Heads Up Pickens and Northern Sumter: Storm Heading Your Way Trying to Rotate
NWS Meteorologists are carefully watching a pivot that has developed in the line of storms over Noxubee and Kemper Counties in eastern Mississippi. This potentially dangerous storm will enter northern Sumter and southern Pickens Counties shortly. This is the northern extent of the instability boundary and also some higher low-level shear, and there is some possibility that a tornado could form here. Continue reading
More Counties Removed from Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Storms moving into West Alabama have weakened a bit thanks to a stable layer near the surface. Continue reading
New Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Southwest Alabama
A couple of tornadoes, as well as scattered wind gusts to 80 mph, are likely. Continue reading
Radar Update Just After 10 p.m.
We still have a couple of rounds of storms to go through, including this first one, and another that will come in later tonight. They could produce damaging winds and hail, as well as a couple of embedded tornadoes as they push eastward. Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Parts of Marion and Lamar Counties Until 1015 pm
At 925 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fulton to 8 miles northwest of Bedford, moving east at 40 mph. Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Parts of Northwest and West Central Alabama Until 4 a.m.
The SPC has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a large part of Northwest and West Central Alabama until 4 a.m. Continue reading
Torrential Rains Over Northeast Mississippi Causing Flooding, Could Cause Flooding Issues Over Northwest Alabama
Very heavy rain over northeastern Mississippi will move into northwestern Alabama over the next two hours, possibly causing flooding. Continue reading
Spotters Report Tornado on the Ground in Central Mississippi
Spotters report a tornado on the ground near Pelahatchie in Rankin County, just north of I-20, in Central Mississippi. Continue reading
Storms Gaining Strength over Eastern Mississippi; Could Reach Western Alabama Within the Hour
Storms over easter Mississippi could begin reaching western Alabama. Hopefully, northern portions of the line of storms will weaken, but southern portions might not. There is a hail, damaging wind, and even isolated tornado threat with the stronger storms. Continue reading
