Alabama Weather Update

An upper level disturbance moving out of southeastern Mississippi into western Alabama continues to fire thunderstorms this evening.

Fortunately, severe weather has been at a minimum. Currently the strongest storms in our area are over Northeast Alabama. A strong storm is over western Etowah County. These storms extend down into St. Clair County north of Riverside. The St. Clair County storms are weakening.

Storms with heavy rain cover much of Shelby County from Helena down to Calera.

The strongest storms in the state are over South Central Alabama from Clanton southward to northwest of Prattville.

Light to moderate rain covers much of western Alabama and eastern Mississippi.

The severe thunderstorm watch is being cancelled from west to east as rain cooled, stable air expands eastward behind the initial activity. The following counties have been cleared from the watch: Fayette... Greene... Hale... Lamar... Marengo... Marion... Pickens... Sumter... Tuscaloosa... Walker and Winston. Much of the rest of North and Central Alabama east of the cleared counties continues under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m.
Posted by coppertop  
on April 21, 2006, 5:55 pm
Is this turning out to be mostly a rain event? Theres rumbling and lightning but the winds aren't that bad and from what the radar indicates, most of the storms are petering out.

While my basement doesn't need anymore rain, I'll take it over storms any day.

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