Twin States Weather Blog

Severe Weather Update

Derek Kinkade with you now...

Josh and I are still watching for the potential development of severe weather across the area tonight. It looks like the first round made its way through our area already, with only lingering showers and thunderstorms in areas north and east of Meridian. There were no tornado warnings with this first batch of severe weather, but numerous severe thunderstorm warnings were issued (and are being issued) by the National Weather Service in Jackson and Birmingham. Looks like we had some reports of large hail with some of the storms, but still waiting to hear of any other damage reports. There is the possibility more severe weather may enter the area tonight, and the Tornado Watch that is in effect lasts until 1 AM.

We have an axis of higher dewpoints that will be moving into the area later this evening, but I am not sure if that will be enough to trigger more severe storms. We have used up a lot of the atmosphere's 'juice' with the thunderstorms that moved through earlier, and it will remain to be seen if we have enough left for more severe weather.

We will be here as long as it takes to keep you up to date. Stay tuned!

posted by Anonymous @ 9:48 PM