Several strong thunderstorms have developed over South and East Jefferson County producing a lot of lightning and strong gusty winds. A few of those storms were approaching the Leeds/Trussville area. There were also some strong storms still remaining over Eastern Shelby County in the general vicinity of Harpersville, Vincent, Westover and Sterrett. They, too, are moving NE.
At Hueytown, the Police Department reported power out in the south part of the city in the Lee’s Junction area. At 7:45, strong winds were reported with dime-size hail and cloud-to-ground lightning.
* West Alabama
NWS has issued a Special Weather Statement (Significant Weather Alert) for Lamar and Marion Counties until 8:00 p.m. A strong thunderstorm was just north of Sulligent moving north at 10. It may produce marble-size hail and winds up to 50 as it moves toward Pine Springs and Henson Springs.
