Storms are intensifying rapidly over Southwest Alabama this afternoon.
The heaviest storms are over northern Choctaw into northern Marengo and into Hale County near Greensboro.
This activity will spread quickly northeastward over the next couple of hours. Storms will be most likely to become severe from Sumter through southern Greene, southern Hale, Perry, southern Bibb, Chilton, southern Shelby, southern Talladega, Clay, Randolph and southern Cleburne Counties through this afternoon.
A tornado watch is in effect for areas generally south of I-20…that’s a rough approximation.
Some counties have just been cleared: Calhoun, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair and Tuscaloosa
The tornado watch continues until 6 p.m. for Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega and Tallapoosa Counties.
A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for eastern Wilcox County. This storm is going to move near Greenville.
Some rain and less intense storms were moving up into Tuscaloosa, southwestern Jefferson and northwestern Shelby Counties. Rain will move back into the Birmingham metro area in the next hour or so.
Lots of strong storms over South Central Mississippi prompting severe storms south of Jackson.
Our rain area over Mississippi is diminishing steadily as the disturbance moves eastward.
being shunted southward into South Alabama at this time.
Flash flood watches continue for much of the northern half of the state.
