Thursday Morning Weather Action

In short note form…

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues until 11 am for South Central Oklahoma and a small part of North Central Texas. Includes Oklahoma City

* A number of Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee

* SPC has a slight risk of severe weather remainder of today and tonight in these areas:
…East part of both Texas and Oklahoma
…All of Arkansas
…North and Central Louisiana
…All of Mississippi except Extreme South
…West Central and North Alabama north of about the Demopolis-Birmingham-Gadsden line

* Within the Slight Risk area is this enhanced Moderate risk area:
…Southeast half of Arkansas
…West half of Tennessee
…Extreme Northwest Mississippi

* Lightning is Frightening. Around 4:30 this morning, lightning struck a home in North Central Sumner County, Tenn., in or near Westmoreland.

* Lightning detection equipment shows much lightning in progress now from North Central Texas NE to about Tulsa and into SW Missouri.

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