RADAR CHECK
The main line of thunderstorms, shortly after 2:30, extended from Cleburne and Randolph Counties in East Alabama southwestward across SE Coosa County to between Montgomery and Selma. Down south the line of storms was irregular and still quite strong.
* NWS has a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Coosa, Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties in East Alabama until 3:15.
* Down in SE Alabama, in Pike County, the EMA reports damage at 12:43 p.m. from a possible tornado. It happened 5 miles SE of the community of Goshen. A possible tornado caused some road damage in the Henderson community.
* Tornado Warning for Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes and Montgomery Counties until 3:30.
* Cleburne County EMA reported hailstones 3/4 inch in diameter at 2:11 p.m. 10 miles south of Heflin. Penny-size hail and circulation in the clouds reported at Hollis Crossroads near the intersection of US-431 and County Road 2.
* Numerous reports of signs down in Clanton. The Durbin’s Farmer’s Market sign reported down as well as Taco Bell sign.
This is by no means a full report.
You could draw a line from Gadsden to Talladega, Clanton and Selma. Most of Alabama NW of that line no longer under the gun. Dry and cooler air has spread into that part of the state. The 2:00 dew point was all the way down to 45 in Muscle Shoals and 53 in Tuscaloosa.
RAIN AMOUNTS
We are always interested in getting rain. A few amounts so far:
1.22 Cullman
0.77 Gadsden
0.88 Downtown Birmingham
0.62 Demopolis
0.46 Hamilton
0.49 Carbon Hill
0.57 Haleyville
0.40 Jasper
1.27 Bessemer
