Quick Nowcast

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Of concern right now is an intense complex of storms over North Central Louisiana. It recently produced damage from a possible tornado at Monroe.

Another very dangerous and potentially tornadic storm is going to be passing just south of Ruston in the next 45 minutes.

These storms will continue east northeast along an instability axis that has developed all the way across Central Mississippi into Northeast Mississippi and into Northwest Alabama. Folks from northern Pickens up through Lamar and into Marion…over through Winston, Cullman, Fayette, Walker and northwestern Tuscaloosa County need to be alert during the early morning hours for this complex as it moves across as it may be able to maintain most of its intensity. Tornadoes and damaging winds and hail will all be a threat.

This means we could be dealing with severe thunderstorm or even tornado warnings for some of the westernmost of the above named counties in the 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. time frame.

Keep your weatheradios on alert all night, or get up to check on the weather again in a couple of hours.

I will post an updated nowcast around 1:30 a.m. One burning question is whether the SPC will issue a high risk for parts of Alabama in their Day One Convective Outlook that will come out around 1 a.m. I will have it for you then.

Any warnings that are issued by the NWS Birmingham will be automatically posted on the blog too.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather