Overview
- The SPC, which issued Tornado Watch 187 for Alabama Wednesday afternoon, warned that a few tornadoes are likely with a couple possibly strong along with hail up to 2 inches and wind gusts near 70 mph.
- Tornado Watch 188 was posted early Wednesday evening for northern and western Georgia and western South Carolina, noting a risk for a couple of tornadoes, damaging winds to 70 mph, and isolated large hail.
- SPC forecasters said supercells organizing across central and southern Mississippi into Alabama could produce a strong tornado or two into the early evening before storms grow into clusters that increase the damaging-wind threat.
- The Weather Prediction Center flagged a growing flash‑flood risk with 2 to 4 inches of rain possible from far east Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi into western Alabama as storms train along the slow‑moving front.
- With the threat continuing after dark, local forecasters urged residents to keep multiple ways to receive warnings and to identify a sturdy interior room for quick shelter.