The Alabama Weather Situation at 8:30 Tonight

Extensive rain and thunderstorms south of Montgomery. Some of the most intense ones were near the Florida border in Coffee and Geneva County. Pouring rain in that area. And, over SW Alabama.

NWS/Mobile issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clarke County in SW Alabama until 9 pm. The storm of concern was neat Thomasville, or about 13 miles north Grove Hill and moving SE at 15 mph.

Lightning detection of equipment shows an overdose of lightning in many of the storms.

In East Central Alabama, heavy rain continued over a good part of Clay County and scattered heavy storms in Cleburne County adjacent to the Georgia border.

Earlier, there was a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Coosa County. NWS reported trees down in the Pentonville community about 8 miles south of Rockford.

SITUATION IN TROY
Rained very heavily and the NWS issued a Flood Advisory for Pike County. At the Troy airport, 2.17 inches of rain fell in one hour between 6 and 7 pm. An aditional 0,20 fell between 7 and 8.