The NWS has issued a Significant Weather Alert for Tuscaloosa County until 4 pm. Thunderstorms could produce gusts as high as 45 mph. One of the stronger storms was near Kellerman, in East Tuscaloosa County, It could produce 1/2 inch hail.
One-half inch of rain has already fallen in Northport and the temperature has dropped quickly to 64. It dropped from 77 to 66 in five minutes at the 3340 Skycam in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Heavy rain was also reported at Pleasant Grove in West Jefferson County.
The line of showers and storms extended from North Greene County across the Tuscaloosa area to near Birmingham. The line extends all the way into NE Alabama but the strongest was in West Alabama in the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa areas.
