Mike Wilhelm's Alabama Weather Blog

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As previously mentioned, this is becoming an active weather day. As of this writing, two tornado warnings have been issued by the NWS Jackson, MS and flood warnings have been issued in North Alabama.

A tornado watch will be issued soon by the SPC.



Excerpt from the SPC mesoscale discussion:

THE KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION
ACROSS THIS REGION...WITH BROAD SLY BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW TOPPED BY
INCREASINGLY-STRONG/VEERING FLOW WITH HEIGHT.  THIS SUGGESTS LOW-LEVEL
ROTATION WITHIN LONGER-LIVED UPDRAFTS WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT WITH
TIME...ALONG WITH AN ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.  LOCALLY-DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY --
PARTICULARLY LATER AS SOME LINEAR ORGANIZATION ALONG THE SURFACE
COLD FRONT SEEMS LIKELY.

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