The most powerful thunderstorms continue over NE Alabama at midday. The NWS posted a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Eastern Blount County and extreme SW Etowah County until 12:15.
This includes the city of Oneonta.
Doppler radar pinpointed the severe thunderstorm near Cleveland or some 8 miles NW of Oneonta moving SE at 25. This warning includes Oneonta, Rosa, Easley, Hendrix, Allgood, Highland Lake and Holly Springs.
DAMAGE REPORTS
The Etowah County EMA reported wind damage in the Gadsden area at 11:25 a.m. with a tree on a house on Payton Ridge Road.
Also, at 11:25 in the Coats Bend area NE of Gadsden, several reports of trees down.
Michelle Weaver, the 33/40 skywatcher in Gadsden, reported visibility of less than 1/4 mile and very heavy rain at 11:28.
At Jacksonville in Calhoun County, Chris Cheatwood reported from the Pleasant Valley area of Jacksonville that heavy rain had occurred for at least 20 minutes and there was standing water.
GREATER BIRMINGHAM AREA
The eastern part of the line of thunderstorms is moving a little faster, so it may be closer to 1 o’clock this afternoon before these storms reach Birmingham. Part of the line of storms has weakened a bit, especially in Winston and South Cullman Counties.
