Monday, March 03, 2008

Storms are firing in MS


At 2:00 p.m. The SPC updated the moderate risk area to include much of southern and western Alabama, all of Mississippi and eastern Louisiana. A tornado watch is also in effect until 11 p.m. for practically all of Mississippi.


4:18 p.m. CT regional radar

Numerous tornado warnings have been issued in South Mississippi.

Severe weather will be approaching West Alabama by around 10 or 11 p.m. this evening.

Here is some information from the Huntsville NWS in a Special Weather Statement issued at 3:25:
A SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY THE EARLY EVENING. THIS SQUALL LINE
SHOULD REACH NORTHWEST ALABAMA AROUND MIDNIGHT TO 2 AM...THE
INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR 2 AM TO 4 AM...AND THEN AREAS FROM BRIDGEPORT
THROUGH FORT PAYNE AROUND 5 AM TO 7 AM. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT CONSISTS OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. BRIEF ISOLATED
TORNADOES MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITHIN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE.
Stay tuned for more updates.

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