Published on: August 2, 2008 at 6:56 PM

From Susanna S., our skywatcher in Cobb City, south of Glencoe…

…20 minutes of straight hail and 2.40 inches of rain in one hour…

This is a powerful storm.

The core is going to pass between Ashville and Ragland…big hail is possible…to the size of quarters…as well as dangerous lightning…

There is still a lot of rain and hail suspended in this storm. All that has to come down at some point and it will be accompanied by a significant downburst. A severe thunderstorm warning continues for eastern St. Clair…western Calhoun and extreme southern Etowah Counties…it will have to be extended southward to the interstate shortly and into Talladega County….