A TORNADO WATCH has been issued until 11:00 pm tonight for a good portion of the southern half of Central Alabama. Counties included in the watch are Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Russell, and Sumter.
Tornadoes (some of which could be strong, log-track tornadoes), damaging hail up to lime size, and widespread wing gusts up to and exceeding 70 MPH are the main threats across the watch area.