Here is a progress report and where all the thunderstorms are at 6:00 p.m. The leading eastern edge of this line of thunderstorms extended from Cherokee County in NE Alabama southwestward to Gadsden, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Moundville. Very strong storms were also moviong into West Shelby County and approaching I-65. If you are on an afternoon commute from Birmingham down I-65, it will soon be pouring on the Shelby County portion and later in Chilton County.
That was the leading edge of the storm that we just described, but a lot of rain is still occurring behind the line over much of West/Central and North Alabama. There is considerable lightning and thunder involved. Flash Flood Warnings continue for these areas:
….Blount County
….Tuscaloosa County until 8:15
….Cullman County until 7:45
….Jefferson and Shelby Counties until 8:00 p.m.
SPOT REPORTS
* 1.71 inches of rain at Bear Creek in NE Marion County
* 0.75 at Gardendale/Mount Olive reported by Terry Sasser
* 1.53 in only one hour earlier at Hamilton
* 0.57 so far at Concord/Hueytown
* Road flooding reported on the Walker Chapel Road in Fultondale
* 0.61 at Cropwell just in the last hour
* 1.44 at Tuscaloosa Airport by 6:00 p.m. with visibility only 1 mile
* 1.45 at the downtown Tuscaloosa Skycam
* 5 miles WSW of Holt in Tuscaloosa County, the Fire Department reported flash flooding at 5:40 p.m. with 6 inches of water over 5th Street near Main.
