Thunderstorms are fairly numerous across North and Central Alabama this afternoon…
A few notes…
…it looks like storms will skip right over the Birmingham area. Strong storms over Walker County collpased, sending a powerful outflow boundary southward, giving a wild rush of wind to much of Jefferson County. Winds were sustained at 30 mph for several minutes at my location in Trussville. Very loud thunder here from the Moody storm.
…this outflow boundary, combinging with another from the south, is producing new thunderstorm development south and east of the city. Winds gusted to 34 mph at the Birmingham Airport at 3:40 p.m.
…at 3:55 p.m….notable storms were…
…from west of Ashville to near Moody…
…between Ragland and Riverside…
…down into Shelby County near Chelsea…
…west of Hoover…
…lined up across northern Jefferson and Walker Counties from near Warrior to Jasper and Oakman…
A powerful storm was in the process of collapsing over Cherokee County…look for strong winds in this area…
We will still be watching an area of storms over eastern MIssissippi…but it seems to be reluctant to move into western Alabama.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 8 p.m. for North and East Alabama.
