Severe Weather Notes

These extra notes concerning the severe weather situation. Scroll down and you will see the watches and warnings already in effect. Also, check out that note from the Storm Prediction Center that more of North and Central Alabama will come under a watch (most likely tornado watch) by early this afternoon.

These additional miscellaneous notes:

* From NWS/Memphis, lots of damage at the Scruggs in Tupelo. A tractor trailer was blown on its side. Still getting lots of reports of trees and power lines down. So far, thankfully, no injuries reported.

* Flash flood reported at 9:00 a.m. in Saltillo in Lee County, Mississippi. Water Street and Willow Bend Circle flooded. (How about that street name Water!) 3 inches of rain measured in only one hour. Old Saltillo Road was also flooded.

* A Flash Flood Warning continues for Lee and Pontotoc Counties in NE Mississippi until 2:30.

NEW TORNADO WARNING
This just in from NWS/Memphis. They have issued a Tornado Warning for Lee and Prentiss Counties in NE Mississippi until 11:15. Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado near Blair, or near Baldwyn, moving NE at 44.

*At 10:40 a.m., no real strong thunderstorms in Alabama. The main line was over NE Mississippi extending southwestward.

* NWS/Memphis also reports a possible tornado at 8:42 this morning, six miles SSW of Marietta, Mississippi and Itawamba County. It was from ham operators. They report several homes unroofed and trees down.

Stay tuned…

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