Published on: June 8, 2007 at 6:09 PM

A Significant Weather Alert is now in effect for West Jefferson County. Thunderstorms are very strong over the western part of the county and also some strong storms over NE and North Jefferson. Storms are moving SE.

Lots of cloud to ground lightning in the Hueytown/Concord area.

Other storms also extend eastward to south of Gadsden into Cherokee County.

Early this afternoon, along the Jacksonville-Alexandria highway in Calhoun County near the fire station, a 40 to 50-year old tree fell on a house. An 8 to 10-inch limb was also blown off a tree at Weaver.

An estimated 1.50 inches of rain in Weaver this afternoon. We will try to do a complete list of rain amounts later this evening–say 7:30 or later.