Twin States Weather Blog

Threat Winding Down N of I-20

* The threat of severe weather is beginning to wind down across parts of east Mississippi and west Alabama. The following counties are currently in the clear:

Scott
Newton
Lauderdale
Leake
Neshoba
Kemper
Winston
Noxubee
Sumter
Greene
Hale

* Farther south, the thunderstorms continue south of the I-20 counties...But, none of these are severe as of right now.

* We will have to keep an eye to the northwest...The front is pushing through northwest Mississippi, and a few storms have tried to get going along the front. Some of those could potentially be severe, but the threat is not nearly as high as the band of storms we're currently seeing in south MS.

* Flooding could be a problem in some areas...Radar estimates over 9" of rain in some locales. This number is probably too high due to hail contamination, but I would imagine some places have picked up 4-5" of rain. Meridian's Key Field has measured 2.86" as of 7pm.

* Back to watching the radar...

posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 7:41 PM