That report late this afternoon from ABC 33/40 skywatcher, Nathan Jones, in Pelham. Nathan reports that roads were flooded, but still passable. This brings the Pelham rain total so far today to 3.02 inches.
NWS/Birmingham has now issued a Significant Weather Alert for Chilton County until 6:15.
Blog reader, Heather, reported earlier a very intense rain with vivid lightning on the Samford University campus with small tree limbs down. She believes there were several cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.
In NW Alabama, Significant Weather Alert now for Lawrence County until 6:00 p.m.
Further north in Alabama, other strong storms were over Winston, Lawrence and North Walker Counties. These storms were also producing lots of lightning and heavy rain. The movement was toward the south.
