We have been busy watching numerous thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon and this evening.
At 7:35 p.m., those South Alabama thunderstorms extended from Eastern Coosa and Tallapoosa Counties southward into Macon, Bullock and Pike Counties. They were moving toward the east and are quite strong.
NWS/Birmingham issued a Significant Weather Alert for Bullock and Macon Counties until 8:30.
Meanwhile, that new line of storms over NE Mississippi was approaching NW Alabama. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been posted for several NE Mississippi counties.
NWS/Huntsville has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Colbert and Lauderdale Counties until 8:15. Those are the two northwesternmost counties in Alabama. The thunderstorms were getting close to the Alabama/Mississippi border. The line of severe thunderstorms could produce winds in excess of 60 mph. They extended from 30 miles NW of Cherokee to 18 miles NW of Cherokee and to 19 miles west of Cherokee. The line of storms was moving east at 50.
