Strong winds continue over Southern and Eastern Shelby County, Eastern St. Clair County and Southern Calhoun County. A very strong thunderstorm was passing near and NE of the Oxford/Anniston area.
33/40 skywatchers report strong gusty winds in the Alabaster area. Gusts were estimated to 30 mph. A similar situation for Montevallo.
NWS/Birmingham issued a Significant Weather Alert for Cleburne and Calhoun Counties until 5:45. Very dangerous lightning in those storms also.
SIGNIFICANT REPORTS
* The DeKalb County EMA reports flash flooding underway in Ft. Payne at 4:15 p.m. The water was covering roadways and one business had water coming in the building.
* At Decatur in extreme North Alabama, law enforcement reports wind damage earlier this afternoon around 1:45. Trees and power lines were down throughout the city causing a major outage for about 90 minutes. About the same time at Madison in Madison County, hail the size of quarters was reported.
