RAIN MOVING EAST; LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK… The overall risk of severe weather across south Alabama and northwest Florida is now lower. This is due to the greater shear values rapidly moving away from our area to the north. We’re still tracking a line of thunderstorms that extends from Forest Home to Citronelle, currently bringing heavy rain to parts of Washington, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox, and Butler counties.

This line of storms is expected to break up a bit and become scattered showers and thunderstorms. The severe weather risk does not drop to zero until after this line of storms moves through your location, although the risk IS lower now than it was earlier this morning.

A Tornado Warning was posted earlier for parts of Autauga and Elmore counties in central Alabama. Several damage reports have come into the National Weather Service office in Birmingham, indicating either a tornado or damaging wind gusts happened near Wetumpka. That same storm is likely producing damaging wind gusts in east Alabama now. Auburn and Opelika in Lee County are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at the time I am writing this at 10:03AM.

Scattered showers and storms will be likely through this afternoon. I will have more updates posted in the RedZone Weather app with the latest info over the next few hours. IF we happen to have a tornado warning locally, we will “go live” to bring you the latest.