It continues to be a very active weather day across Alabama. The warm unstable air mass is providing ample fuel for showers and thunderstorms across the state today. Strong storms persist this afternoon and we have even had a few severe storms across some of our southern counties. Wind damage has been reported in portions of Hale and Dallas Counties this afternoon.
Currently no storms are severe, but they are strong producing frequent lightning, very intense rainfall and gusty winds. They could reach severe limits are anytime. There are several areas seeing these strong storms including portions of Jefferson County around the Bessemer area. This storm will be moving towards downtown Birmingham shortly. Other intense storms are across West Alabama, impacting Pickens, Fayette, and Lamar Counties. To the south areas along Interstate 65 from Clanton to Montgomery and on the eastern side of the state through Talladega and Cherokee Counties. This activity will last into the evening and overnight hours.
