The severe thunderstorm warnings have been dropped along our line of storms as it moves into Alabama. It is being handled with significant weather alerts for now.
Our solid line of storms extends now from Pickensville to Geiger to Meridian.
It has slowed substantially. Now moving east at about 25 mph.
Damaging wind gusts are still possible with this line.
Storms continue over a large area of Northwest Alabama. Moderate to heavy rain is now falling from NW Pickens through all of Lamar, NW Fayette, much of Marion and into most of Franklin County.
Rainfall totals since Friday are quite impressive over North Alabama. A wide area has picked up at least 3 inches, with some 5-7 inch amounts quite likely.
Flash flood watches are in effect for Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker and Winston Counties as well as the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama.
But now all eyes are turning to the west where a powerful bow echo/derecho event is racing across Louisiana at 70 mph!
This incredible storm system may reach west Alabama just after 12 o’clock. That is crossing the entire state of Mississippi in under 3 hours!
It could bring widespread wind damage to a wide area over a huge path across Central Alabama this afternoon. There could also be tornadoes in the embedded supercell storms.
This is a serious weather situation and all Alabamians should pay close sttentio to weather bulletins over the next several hours.
