ALabama Weather Update - 7pm

August 5, 2005, 6:04 pm
Posted by Bill Murray in General Thoughts
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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.
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Posted by  
on August 5, 2005, 6:13 pm
My husband just called me on his cell and told me that as he was sitting at the intersection of Hwy 119 and US 280, a small tornado crossed over the intersection. Power lines and trees are down. He said it happened right in front of him, and was lucky he was on the "other" side of the path. Going towards Greystone in his opinion.

Heavy thunder and lightning here in Liberty Park...glad I have a laptop...

Be safe out there!


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Posted by  
on August 5, 2005, 6:46 pm
In Inverness, no apparent damage. High winds gave tree limbs quite a ride, reminiscent of Ivan's winds. I would say up to 2 inches of rain in about 30 minutes. Lots of lightning and thunder, but no damage in my immediate area. Might that "tornado" that was posted above have been a wet microburst??? NWS outlooked B'ham area in "high" outlook for wet microbursts today. I guess NWS will have to look at the damage to see.

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Posted by  
on August 5, 2005, 6:30 pm
Leigh, If this happened you need to call the NWS storm reporting line and give them this report. 1-800-856-0758. They need to know about what he saw.

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Posted by  
on August 5, 2005, 6:33 pm
Thanks. I'll give him this info when he gets home. He certainly doesn't need to be talking and driving in this weather. =)

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