Published on: May 24, 2009 at 1:42 PM

At 1:40 pm, about a 60-mile strip of Central Alabama getting a break from adverse weather (few if any showers) That zone extends from near Birmingham all the way southward to near Greenville in South Central Alabama.

On either side of that zone, it is a different story. On the west side of the state scattered showers and thunderstorms were in progress all the way from Mobile to the NW corner of the state. Strongest storms were along the Cullman/Winston County line. Another small but moderate thunderstorm was near Tuscaloosa.

However the more numerous stronger storms were over Greene, Marengo, Wilcox and Monroe County in West Central and Southwest Alabama

Over on the East side of the state, scattered showers the entire length from Dothan to Huntsville.