Published on: July 10, 2011 at 3:50 PM

It is a story of some good rain amounts in many communities especially this afternoon while, as usual, other places are still high and dry.

* The more numerous and stronger storms now are over Southeast Alabama.

Not as many storms over North Alabama and and not as strong. However, still a nice group of storms moved over into NE Alabama where they were declining in strength.

REPORTS
* ABC 33/40 Skywatcher, Richard Viola reported 1.18 inches of rain southwest of Lake View
* An observer in Gadsden reported 1.40 inches of rain in the vicinity of the Gadsden Country

THE STUBBORN OLE THERMOMETER AT MID-AFTERNOON
73 Gadsden in that nice rain-cooled air
89 Huntsville, heat index 103
97 Tuscaloosa, heat index 103
80 Birmingham Airport
85 Montgomery, thunderstorm in progress
93 Anniston
95 Mobile, heat index 103
94 Dothan, heat index 104