A QUICK NOTE FROM JOHN DEBLOCK AT THE NWS AT 6:05
“All factors are pointing towards a favorable tornadic environment in WC AL. Sfc-1km bulk shear at 11z of 40kts…MORE than ample sfc-1km SRH of >350.”
ORIGINAL POST
Strong storms now over Mississippi northeast of Laurel will push into West Alabama’s Sumter County around 6:30.
The NWS Jackson reports that a tornado struck the Shady Grove community just north of Laurel at 5:07 a.m. Three homes were damaged with people trapped.
This storm is now pushing into Clarke County MS. It is about 55 miles SW of Livingston AL. The storm is moving northeast at 40-45 mph.
A tornado warning is in effect for Clarke County MS.
Folks in Sumter…as well as eventually Greene County need to be monitoring this storm as it approaches.
Addition storms are going to move into Sumter County earlier than the potentially tornadic one, but these aren’t severe.
Other storms in Northeast Mississippi will affect Lama and Marion Counties in the next hour. They are already into Franklin County. These storms are not severe.
