Quick Update At 5:20 PM

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues for Cullman County in North-Central Alabama until 5:30 pm. The strongest storms at 5:20 were in the vicinity of Cullman, New Hope and over the north part of Smith Lake. They were moving SE at about 20 mph.

Trees and power lines are down in the Baldwin and West Point communities in Cullman County. Earlier trees were also uprooted on Danville Road in Decatur.

Away from those, a strong storm was over West Tuscaloosa County and down in Central Alabama a few strong ones near Lake Martin and along the Chilton-Autauga County line.

The North Alabama storms now in Cullman and Winston Counties may affect Blount and Walker Counties later and could eventually reach Birmingham.