Published on: June 11, 2011 at 4:25 PM

Vic Bell…our Skywatcher in Black Creek reported winds gusting to 60 mph and 1.46 inches of rain…along with lots of small hail…

Mike Calloway in Weaver reports storms fell apart as they came to him…just a few drops of rain…

John Talbot relays report from Birmingham Fire that 3,000 without power in the Metro…also tree down on highway 435 in the Kingdom community in Shelby County…FD enroute to clear…

Storm mergers between Lincoln and Oxford along I-20 east of Birmingham are resulting in intense rainfall. This will spread down into northern Talladega County.

Storms are intensifying over southwestern Jefferson County in the McCalla area extending down into northwestern Shelby County. These will push southward.