Heads Up for Northern Pickens & Southern Lamar Counties
A tornado-warned cell located currently just to the west of Crawford and Brooksville and is moving to the east-northeast at 40 mph.
A tornado-warned cell located currently just to the west of Crawford and Brooksville and is moving to the east-northeast at 40 mph.
Heavy amounts of rain have already fallen over these areas and another 2 to 4 inches of rainfall can be expected throughout the night and overnight hours.
Some locations that will experience flooding include Jasper, Sumiton, Cordova, Dora, Dallas, Clay, Pinson, Argo, Warrior, Kimberly, Morris, Locust Fork, Parrish, Oakman, Trafford, Hayden, Sipsey, County Line, Rocky Hollow and Arkadelphia.
At 649 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oakman, or 8 miles southeast of Carbon Hill, moving east at 40 mph.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MILLPORT, KENNEDY, CROSSVILLE, CODY, STAR, HIGHTOGY AND MELBORNE.
At 627 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Columbus AFB, moving east at 25 mph.
Locations impacted include Vernon, Millport, Kennedy, Blooming Grove, Bedford, Crossville, Cody, Star, Hightogy, Lamar County Public Lake and Melborne.
Locations impacted include Winfield, Fayette, Carbon Hill, Glen Allen, Kansas, Belk, Eldridge, Bluff, Bazemore, Richard Arthur Field, Bevill State College Fayette, Hubbertville, Cedrum Area, Fowlers Crossroads, Holly Grove and Townley.
Some locations that will experience flooding include Jasper, Winfield, Fayette, Carbon Hill, Vernon, Sulligent, Lynn, Arley, Guin, Brilliant, Glen Allen, Kansas, Nauvoo, Belk, Gu-Win, Eldridge, Ashbank, Bluff, Poplar Springs and Blooming Grove.
Heads up for portions of Lamar, Fayette, and Marion counties as we are currently watching a severe cell capable of producing a tornado just east of Eupora, Mississippi, and is moving to the east-northeast at 40 mph.
The Storm Prediction Center and NWS Mobile has issued a TORNADO WATCH effective immediately for the following counties in Southwest Alabama: Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, and Wilcox. The Tornado Watch is set to expire at 11 pm tonight.
The NWS offices in Huntsville and Birmingham have issued an AREAL FLOOD WATCH for several counties in the northern half of the state effective immediately and is currently set to expire at 6 am Wednesday morning.
The Storm Prediction Center and NWS Birmingham have issued a TORNADO WATCH effective immediately for the following counties in Central Alabama: Bibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, and Walker. The Tornado Watch is set to expire at 11 pm tonight.
Some notes on the evolving severe weather threat and some timing for Alabama.