Tornado Warning Lamar and Pickens Counties until 7 PM

UPDATE: Confirmed large tornado on the ground south of Columbus and will be heading towards Alabama.

This storms, which has a history of producing a tornado, is moving towards the northeast and will impact portions of northern Pickens and southern Lamar Counties.

This storm is approaching Columbus, MS and will be impacting U.S. 45, 82, 278. Locations near Pickensville, Macedonia, Carrollton, Vernon, Sulligent and Millport. This is the same storm that produce a violent tornado in Louisville, MS earlier.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MILLPORT…VERNON…ETHELSVILLE…BEDFORD…LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT…
FOREST…MELBORNE…SHAW…STAR AND LAMAR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT…EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT…OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather