Rare Severe Weather Warning Issued as Damaging 75 mph Winds, Tornadoes Approach

A powerful cold front is bearing down on the Southeast, and forecasters are sounding the alarm well ahead of its arrival — a sign of just how seriously they're taking Monday's threat.

The Storm Prediction Center has placed Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee in a Level 3 out of 5 "Enhanced Risk" for severe weather, an unusually high designation to issue this many days in advance. The core of the threat sits over central Alabama and Mississippi, where the probability of severe weather reaches 60%.