Severe Weather Update at 8:45pm

The new Tornado Watch continues for a large number of counties across Central Alabama until 3:00 a.m. CST. The watch extends from the Mississippi border to the Georgia border and from about the Birmingham area to south of Montgomery.

At 8:45 tonight, thunderstorms were increasing in number and intensity over North Mississippi and they were moving eastward toward Alabama. Also, some storms were increasing in number and intensity through Central Alabama. A lot of these were dumping very heavy rain.

The National Weather Service in Jackson, issued a Flash Flood Warning for several counties in North and Central Mississippi until 11:00 p.m. This included such places as West Point, Columbus and Starkville. The storms were dumping very heavy rain. It is estimated, based on radar, that 5 to 7 inches of rain has fallen over parts of the area in the last 9 hours and an additional 1 to 3 inches are possible. A number of streets in those communities are flooded.

In Starkville, 4.70 inches of rain have been measured so far with several city streets closed due to high water.

Here are some additional Alabama rain amounts. Scroll down to see quite a few posted earlier.

3.58 West Blocton
3.10 Morris
1.97 Pelham
2.96 Springville/Simmons Mountain
2.12 Weaver
2.11 Inverness
2.50 Alabaster/Thompson Road
2.75 Alabaster/Navajo Pines
1.87 Riverchase/Hoover
2.72 Jemison/Union Grove
2.78 Pinson/Red Hollow/Carson Road
3.04 Northport

We have a report that trees are down in the 4500 block of New Castle Road in Gardendale. Not sure of the time. This is in North Jefferson County. The trees were blocking the roadway. We received the report from our 33/40 weather watcher at 8:13 p.m.

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