Published on: August 19, 2007 at 4:27 PM

Isolated thunderstorms are occurring in various parts of the state this afternoon…

1. In the Birmingham metro…a nice little storm blew up ove rthe City and moved NNW. Nice lightning reported in Gardendale. This storm has just about rained itself out and is now over the northwest part ofthe county from Brookside north and west between US-78 and I-65. Another storm poppoed up over SW Jefferson County but has just about dissipated as it moved northwestward also. A new little cell popping up over Walker County SE of Oakman.

2. Showers and storms over Blount… Cullman… Morgan… Limestone and Madison Counties of North Alabama. Strongest cell near the Tennessee River east of Decatur.

3. Some storms exiting Jacson County in NE Alabama into Tennessee.

4. Over West Central Alabama’s Sumter County, mainly south and west of Livingston.

5. Showers trying to develop over northern St. Clair and Etowah Counties.

Look out for brief heavy rains, lots of deadly lightning and gusty winds if one of these storms happens into your general vicinity.

Temperatures were mainly in the 90s, except where storms have occurred.