Published on: January 5, 2009 at 2:14 AM

Shortly after 2 am (when the whole world should be snoring) the strongest storms have now moved east out of these counties:

Cullman
Blount
Jefferson
Tuscaloosa
Pickens
Greene
Hale

The line of strongest storms and locally heavy rain was across these counties:

Etowah
St. Clair
Calhoun
Talladega
East and South Shelby
Bibb

Still producing locally heavy rain and enough lightning and thunder to keep you awake and frighten the dogs.

Only 0.29 rain at Birmingham Airport with these storms and 0.42 at Shelby County Airport. As much as 1.85 fell in parts of the City of Tuscaloosa.

These storms will continue eastward toward the Georgia border and they “should” continue to weaken.

This may be our last update but IF the storms do flare stronger, we will be back.

Gotta get up at 5 because that is when the coffee will be ready (first pot)

Interesting weather ahead for Alabama for the next two days (Monday/Tuesday) so stay tuned!