Tornado Watch likely coming soon for parts of southeast Mississippi and Louisiana. The severe weather risk is expected to ramp up gradually overnight into Saturday morning. pic.twitter.com/a4QuHFoWC2
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 10, 2026
West Alabama (specifically Clarke, Washington, Marengo, and Wilcox counties) will continue to be the focus for the severe weather potential over the next few hours.
Everyone across the entire area should have a way to hear warnings overnight into Saturday morning as the risk… pic.twitter.com/MuWlol8f4w
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 10, 2026
The rotating storm in Wayne County I was watching carefully has weakened. These storms (highlighted in map) across parts of southeast Mississippi are the most concerning storms over the next hour.
Storms in Clarke County, the storms near the Tombigbee River, and developing… pic.twitter.com/7Qx32PnJmo
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 9, 2026
Watching rotation carefully in SE Wayne County, MS.
A Tornado Warning may be needed shortly for parts of Wayne County, potentially including places near Waynesboro. pic.twitter.com/JpnIghTyxa
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 9, 2026
Weak rotation is entering Wayne County, Mississippi just northeast of Richton, MS.
I expect this rotation area to miss Washington County, AL off to the west, but it could become an issue for Choctaw County in about 45 minutes or so.
Watching trends carefully. pic.twitter.com/t2NzhN4fao
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 9, 2026
WEST ALABAMA STORMS CONTINUE… If you’re not in southeast Mississippi or west Alabama, you’re probably wondering what’s all the commotion about?! It has turned out to be a nice day across much of southwest Alabama and northwest Florida other than Clarke and Washington counties. There have been a few peeks of sunshine. Temperatures peaked in the upper 70s. Really doesn’t get much better for early January! It has been a different story, however, in west Alabama. Rain totals have already started stacking up with some communities having picked up over 2 inches of rainfall just today.
WHAT TO EXPECT – NEXT FEW HOURS… We’ll need to watch the thunderstorms near Hattiesburg, Sumrall, Lumberton, and Columbia in Mississippi. Those storms are pushing to the northeast. Based on the current trajectory of those storms, there is a chance that entire cluster of storms misses Clarke and Washington counties in southwest Alabama to the west. I’ll also be watching the small showers currently developing in parts of Jackson, George, Harrison, Pearl River, and Hancock counties in SE MS. These may eventually become storms that move toward west Alabama. It is going to be a rather nice evening across coastal Alabama and northwest Florida. If you have outdoor plans, I would absolutely proceed, knowing that there is a low-end potential for a few strong to severe storms after 9PM. I suspect most communities along, south, and east of I-65 will remain dry until the overnight hours.
BE ABLE TO HEAR WARNINGS OVERNIGHT… It looks like we may have a ramp up in storm intensity in the overnight hours toward sunrise Saturday across our local area. We encourage everyone to have multiple ways to hear warnings tonight, just in case your location goes under a tornado warning. The tornado risk is not particularly high, but it isn’t zero either. Please be able to get warnings – multiple things that can wake you up.
I am in studio and monitoring the situation carefully.
Beneficial, soaking rain continues across central Alabama and central Mississippi this afternoon.
We’ll need to watch those cells developing back in Louisiana and SE Mississippi. Those cells are the highest candidates for severe/convective hazards over the next few hours. pic.twitter.com/HoEBWD1M1p
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 9, 2026
