Widely Spaced Showers and Thunderstorms--5:25 pm Report

Only a small percentage of Alabama getting rain. At 5:25 pm, here is where some of the showers and storms were:

* Near Chelsea in Shelby County

* Near Springville in St. Clair County

* Between Gadsden and Fort Payne in NE Alabama

* around Montgomery

Nathan Jones, the 3340 WeatherWatcher for Helena reported from Oak Mountain State Park at 5:09 pm that heavy rain was falling, good amounts of lightning, winds estimated at 30-35 mph and small limbs were blowing through the air.