Recapping the Alabama Weather Situation…

OK…we are less than an hour away from getting a tornado watch for western Alabama.

It has been an active severe weather day across the South, with at least five reported tornadoes in Arkansas and Mississippi. The hardest hit town appears to be Dumas. Scroll down for some incredible photos from there.

And the activity that is currently pushing across western Mississippi right now does not look substantially different that the storms that produced that tornado.

The main squall line now extends from near Oxford to Grenada to near Rolling Fork to 20 miles west of Vicksburg. It is moving east at about 25 mph, while individual storms race northeast at 60 to sometimes 80 mph. One storm in Yalobusha County, Mississippi is being tracked by radar as moving at 95 mph!

Seven tornado warnings are currently in effect along the line. A tornado was reported near Itta Bena in the Mississippi Delta about 630.

Winds have gusted to 44 mph atop Red Mountain. Other winds reports…EMA in Marion County estimates winds to 40 mph with a few trees down around Brilliant. EMA in Walker County reports trees down across the county from winds estimated at 40 mph.

A wind advisory is in effect through tomorrow. Winds will be sustained to up to 50 mph with gusts to 60 mph or higher even with no storms in the area.

Then, when the line arrives, winds could gust to in excess of 100 mph. There could also be fast hitting isolated tornadoes.

Review your personal severe weather plan and be ready to take action as these dangerous storms approach your area tonight.

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