Thunderstorm activity has weakened over North Alabama during the past thirty minutes. The storm entering Pickens County from northern Tuscaloosa County is beginning to go slowly downhill, with the strongest part of the storm passing near and north of Gordo and heading toward Reform. It is still capable of producing brief heavy rain, dangerous lightning and strong gusty winds.

Elsewhere across North Alabama, A long line of showers and some embedded tunder extends from southern Blount County, across Jefferson County west of of I-59 into southern Tuscaloosa County.

Additional showers were over parts of Fayette County. These showes may blossom into storms soon.

Everywhere else, the evening's activity has diminished.

ALABAMA WEATHER UPDATE - 8:15 pm
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for southeastern Walker County until 8:30 p.m. The activity over Walker County has weakened. The strongest storm is just south of Oakman.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Tuscaloosa County until 8:50 p.m. A strong storm is straddling US-43 ten miles north of Tuscaloosa.

Activity over Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties is capable of producing potentially damaging winds, deadly lightning and torrential rains as it moves west at about 15 mph.

Outflow from the Tuscaloosa County storm is passing across Fayette County and may fire addiitonal strong storms.

A new area of storms has formed from southern Blount County southwestward into northeastern Jefferson County. This activity will also move west.

All other activity over North Alabama has diminished.

The NWS Huntsville reports two injuries from a downburst even in Jackson County around 1:30 p.m. that felled trees on two camper trailers in Scottsboro.

Another downburst downed numerous trees and power lines in the City of Tuscumbia in Colkbert County around 5:05 p.m. Numerous power outages were reported.

Numerous power outages were reported in the Halltown and Burnout communities of Franklin County from the severe thunderstorm that moved across the county around 5:30 p.m.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 8:15 pm for Northern Tuscaloosa County and for southeastern Walker County until 8:30 p.m. At 7:52 p.m., strong storms continue from south of Cordova into western Jefferson County. Addiitonal strong storms continue over northern Tuscaloosa County north of the City of Tuscaloosa.

All of the storms are capable of producing hurricane force winds, hail, deadly lightning and torrential rains...

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 8 p.m. for West Central Jefferson County. The activity over the western part of the county continues quite strong and is capable of producing damaging winds, hail, deadly lightning and torrential rains as it moves westward.

Very strong storms continue over Walker County from between Cordova and Dora southward into western Jefferson County.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southwestern Jefferson and eastern Tuscaloosa Counties until 7:45 p.m....
Strong storms continue at this hour from the Sylvan Springs area of western Jefferson County to a point eleven miles northeast of Downtown Tuscaloosa. The activity is moving west at 15 mph. It is accompanied by deadly lightning, potentially damaging winds, small hail and torrential rains.

Other strong storms are reported along the Jefferson/Walker County line.

Reports are filtering in from the severe thunderstorm that moved across southern Jefferson County and northern Shelby County. Trees and power lines were reported down at Highway 119 and US-280 by a viewer. A car was heavily damaged by a falling tree in the Cahaba Heights area. There were several reports of hail to nickel size, including the Brook Highland... Greystone... Helena and Homewood areas.

These reports indicate the potential danger of these summertime storms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for southwestern Jefferson and eastern Tuscaloosa Counties until 7:45 p.m.

Very strong storms continue from western Jefferson County in the Pleasant Grove area southwestward into eastern Tuscaloosa County 25 miles ENE of the City of Tuscaloosa. This large storm is producing deadly lightning, some hail, torrential rains and strong winds as it moves west at 15 mph.

Additional strong storms have formed along the Jefferson/Walker County line. This activity will affect Sumiton... Dora... Sipsey and Cordova.

ALABAMA WEATHER UPDATE - 7 PM
Jefferson County...Severe thundrstorm warning until 7:30 pm. Strong storms are moving across southern Jefferson County at 6:55 pm. from the Mountain Brook and Cahaba Heights area southward. These storms will pass across southern parts of the County from Hoover over to Bessemer during the next hour. They are accompanied by hail to the size of nickels, very heavy rains, dangerous lightning and potentially damaging winds. Other heavy storms continue over southwestern parts of the county from west of North Johns back along I-459 to the vicinity of Highway 150 and I-459, then back into northern Shelby County.

Shelby County...In addition to the storms along I-459 back into the county norh of Helena....Strong storms continue across much of the county at 6:55 p.m. The strongest storms are from the Inverness Area down to Chelsea. Nickel sized hail was reported in the Greystone and Brook Highland areas a short time ago. In addition to the hail, deadly lightning, very heavy rains and strong gusty winds will accompany these storms.

The Significant Weather Alert for Shelby County has been upgraded to a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. It is valud until 7 p.m..

At 6:40 p.m., strong storms cover much of Shelby County. They are accompanied by deadly lightning, small hail, very heavy rain and winds that could gust to 60 mph or higher. The heaviest activity is just west of Helena, where hail has been reported, near Calera and just west of the Vincent area. All activity is moving West at about 20 mph.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 7PM...
Strong storms are moving across northeastern Jefferson County in the Argo and Trussville areas. Winds gusted to 25 mph at my location in Trussville in advance of the storms. These storms are associated with lots of deadly lightning, so take shelter as they approach. They are also accompanied by brief heavy rain and strong gusty winds. The storms are moving to the WEST at around 20 mph.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 7:15 PM...
Other strong storms are over much of Shelby County, including a strong storm 9 miles NE of Chelsea... and several strong storms near Helena... Alabaster and Calera. Dime sized hail was reported at Highway 119 and I-65. The storms are also accompanied by very heavy rainfall and strong winds gusting to 45 mph. All of this activity is also generally moving WEST at 20 mph