Tornado watches have been posted all along the Gulf Coast from eastern Texas to the Mobile area as a warm front begins pulling back northward in response to our next weather system.
Thunderstorms are growing in intensity from the Beaumont area in SE Texas up into Central Louisiana south of Alexandria, where instabilities are the highest at this hour, then along I-20 over to the Mississippi Coast.
Wind shear will continue to increase through the evening hours, and so will the chance for severe storms and tornadoes.
Here in Central Alabama, storms and rain will spread back into the area during the predawn hours, but severe weather is not expected here. More rain will continue to set the stage for the potential for flooding as more rain comes in Friday night into Saturday.
The rain should continue here through the morning hours on Friday.
The best chance for severe weather will come late Friday night into the daylight hours on Saturday as a powerful low develops to the west of Alabama and moves northeast. Significant tornadoes are possible with this phase of the system.
