Late this afternoon, the strongest thunderstorms were over Extreme North and Northeast Alabama generally from about Decatur and Huntsville over to Guntersville and Fort Payne in the Northeast part of the state.
More to the south, scattered storms formed quickly especially in St. Clair County and mainly up the west side of St. Clair from Springville up Interstate 59 to near the Etowah County border. These were dumping some heavy rain.
Still others were forming to the west over Lamar and Walker County.
Look at these rain-cooled 4 pm temperatures:
…..73 Decatur
…..72 Valley Head
…..77 Huntsville Airport
…..74 NWS, Huntsville on UAH Campus
But not too far away it was still 96 in Haleyville
Rest assured, when we have temperatures this hot and a storm forms, it will likely be overcharged with lightning.
You cannot be too careful with that! Lightning is not considered when a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is issued. All thunderstorms have lightning and the warnings would come fast and often. I wish we could do more on educating the public on the dangers of lightning. So sorry for the people who were struck NW of Guntersville yesterday including the death of a teen.,
