More Severe Weather Through the Overnight/Sunday Morning

At 10 p.m., the large cluster of showers and storms over Northeast Alabama is pushing into Georgia.

But round two of this event will affect Alabama during early morning hours ahead of a cold front.

Right now, the NWS Memphis is tracking a tornado in the western part of Tennessee north of Bolivar, or about 20 miles south of Jackson. There is confirmed tornado damage with this storm in Fayette Count, TN just north of I-40.

A tornado watch is in effect for southwestern Tennessee and northern Mississippi until 3 a.m. No word on whether other watches will be issued, but probably a safe bet that some will be required eventually. There is a tornado warning for Chester and Hardeman Counties in Tennessee still and a couple of other severe thunderstorm warnings across Mississippi and Tennessee as well.

A broken line of storms now extends across western Tennessee into northwestern Mississippi. Those storms may get into northwestern Alabama around midnight. They should be slightly weaker at that time, but other storms are expected to intensify after midnight, probably around 2-3 a.m. over North and Central Alabama. They will increase in coverage and intensity as we move toward sunrise. We could see a stormy sunrise in many spots.

Storms will continue through the morning hours, finally ending from the west as the cold front moves through. The front may not clear the I-59 corridor until late afternoon however.

While we don’t expect tornadoes in Alabama, damaging winds will be possible overnight and early Sunday.

Keep a source of warnings on in alert mode overnight and be ready to act in case warnings are issued. We will be monitoring the weather all night.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather