The heaviest rain has moved eastward and is mostly east of the Birmingham area. At 7pm, it was still pouring rain from Tallapoosa County, in East Central Alabama, southwestward to near Montgomery and then into South Central Alabama.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 7:45 pm for these East Alabama counties:
Chambers
Elmore
Lee
Macon
Tallapoosa
Widespread rain also continued over East Central and Northeast Alabama.
A FEW SAMPLE RAIN AMOUNTS AS OF 6 PM
0.93 Tuscaloosa Airport
1/2 inch Birmingham Airport
1.15 Shelby County Airport
0.96 Mobile Regional Airport
Brisk winds were still being reported, gusting to over 30 mph at times. It is likely that gusts on the ridge tops are gusting closer to 40 mph
WHERE IS THE COLD FRONT?
It was entering Northwest Alabama at 7 pm. Look at this east to west temperature profile:
60 in Tuscaloosa
40 Greenwood, Miss.
34 Greenville, Miss., on the bank of the Mighty Mississippi
15 in Northwest Arkansas
