Published on: January 10, 2009 at 3:39 PM
The NWS Birmingham has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for part of Sumter County, in West Alabama.
It includes York and Livingston.
The severe storm is located just north of Cuba. It does have good structure. It prompted a tornado warning for Lauderdale and Kemper Counties in Mississippi.
CAPE values are running around 500j/kg over extreme western Alabama. Wind shear is decent, with bulk shear numbers running 55-65 knots near the Mississippi border around Sumter County.
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