It has been a busy day in the weather office on this July Saturday…
Thunderstorms became active early this afternoon. Some of them became severe. The most significant has been a storm that moved out of Tuscaloosa County into Jefferson and Shelby Counties. This storm produced tremendous lightning in the southwest part of Jefferson County A house fire was started by lightning in Hueytown.
More storms fired over Central Jefferson County and moved east even as that storm was weakening. It produced some of the most intense lightning that I have seen in recent memory as it intensified over Trussville. We picked up 0.71 inches of rain. Over an inch was reported just south of my location and 2 inches in Moody.
This storm produced wind damage in Moody and Cook Springs in St. Clair County. It is still producing prolific lightning into extreme East Alabama near Anniston.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues for Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega [AL] till 6:15 PM CDT. The storms are intensifying once again as they approach Anniston. Look out for lots of lightning, damaging winds and torrential rains.
The NWS Huntsville has just issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Jackson [AL] till 6:15 PM CDT.
