Severe weather possible tonight

But as you may have noticed, even the non-thunderstorm winds have been exceptionally strong.

The threat for storms will likely come to an end by early or mid afternoon.

The tornado watch area extends north and east to include parts of northeastern Louisiana, and central and northern Mississippi.

A line of heavy rain and thunderstorms extends from Linden in Marengo County, over through Marbury in Autauga County and is approaching Alexander City as of this writing. However, a ridge of high pressure begins to build over the country, causing the front to weaken, and bringing largely settled weather later in the week. At this point flooding does not look like it will become a problem, but that really depends on how much rain actually falls.

Entergy Arkansas reported said just more than 400 homes and businesses were without power as of Monday afternoon.

Watches are about being alert when severe weather is possible, but not sufficiently imminent or certain for a Warning to be issued.

After a night of high winds and rainstorms, a second round of severe weather – including possible tornadoes – will roll through beginning late Tuesday and into Wednesday.

Northern Louisiana and northern MS will see gusty winds of up to 40 miles per hour and brief heavy downpours on Monday.

A MARGINAL RISK (green) for severe weather is in place for most of the Brazos Valley, while a somewhat higher SLIGHT RISK (yellow) is marked for those along & east of I-45 from Walker County east & southeast.

The National Weather Service has predicted two rounds of rainfall that could produce two to three inches of precipitation as a cold front sweeps across metro Atlanta this week, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Willis. We request that you stay safe, but post on our Facebook page information about how the weather has affected your neighborhood with rainfall amounts, high winds, hail and lightning, falling trees or other impacts.