New Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Another severe thunderstorm warning of the evening has been issued for Oktibbeha, Noxubee, and Lowndes Counties until 11 p.m. A bowing segment of thunderstorms extends from just west of Starkville southward to eastern Winston County. This line has shown a bowing segment in the last few scans and some damaging winds may occur with this line, especially in the Noxubee Wildlife Refuge and Crawford. The main part of this storm should stay south and east of the Starkville city limits, but heavy rain will continue occurring in the county outside of the warned area. Once this storm exits the area after 11 p.m., the severe weather potential will decrease substantially. The temperature has fallen to 61 with the dew point down to 59 now. This indicates that the instability has weakened in the last hour and will limit the chance of severe weather for the remainder of the evening. However, Noxubee County and areas further south will not be out of the clear until after midnight. A steady rain will continue to fall for a few more hours until the cold front passes early Wednesday morning. I'll have a forecast tomorrow and look at the prospects of winter weather for Thursday!