Updated Info: Severe t’storm warning expired, tornado watch in effect

From the National Weather Service:

 
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 68
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
829 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2009
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 68 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
 
IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
COFFEE           DALE             GENEVA          
HENRY           HOUSTON          
 
IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
 
IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
 
BAY             CALHOUN           GULF            
HOLMES           JACKSON           WALTON          
WASHINGTON        
 
IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
 
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
 
CALHOUN           CLAY             EARLY            
MILLER           QUITMAN           RANDOLPH          
SEMINOLE         TERRELL          
 
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ABBEVILLE…ARLINGTON…ASHFORD… 
BLAKELY…BLOUNTSTOWN…BONIFAY…CALLAWAY…CHIPLEY…COLQUITT… 
COTTONWOOD…COWARTS…CRYSTAL LAKE…CUTHBERT…DALEVILLE… 
DAWSON…DE FUNIAK SPRINGS…DONALSONVILLE…DOUGLASVILLE… 
EDISON…ENTERPRISE…FIVE POINTS…FORT GAINES…FORT RUCKER… 
GENEVA…GEORGETOWN…GRACEVILLE…HARTFORD…HEADLAND…HUDSON… 
INWOOD…KINSEY…LEARY…LYNN HAVEN…LYNN HAVEN…MALONE… 
MALVERN…MARIANNA…MORGAN…OZARK…PANAMA CITY… 
PORT ST. JOE…REHOBETH…SAMSON…SHELLMAN…SLOCOMB…SNEADS… 
TAYLOR…UPPER GRAND LAGOON…WEBB…WEWAHITCHKA AND WHITE CITY. 

From Meteorologist Stephanie Walker:

The severe weather threat is now in far East Alabama and will be moving quickly into Georgia within the hour.

It will still rain heavily east of I-65 for the next hour or two before tapering off.