Short Term Update (Issued at 1:06 PM CDT)

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop and become more numerous over southeast Mississippi this afternoon. Additional development further east is expected as the afternoon progresses. The showers and thunderstorms are expected to remain scattered in nature through the afternoon hours meaning many locations in and around Mobile will not seeing any rainfall at all, initially. By late afternoon, a complex of thunderstorms is expected to approach the area bringing more widespread rain to the Mobile area.

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. In addition to heavy rain and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, the most intense storms will be capable of large hail and damaging winds.

Shortly after 1:00 PM, the most intense activity was confined to Greene, Perry, and Stone Counties in Mississippi. Only a few brief light showers were noted in Mobile County, between Mobile and Citronelle along highway 45.