A long line of showers and storms continues plodding across the Alabama countryside this afternoon.
It does seem to be intensifying as it reaches better shear and decent instability over eastern sections of the state.
The main part of the line now extends across Cherokee County in NE Alabama… through Calhoun, Talladega, Clay, Coosa, into Elmore, Autauga, Lowndes and into Montgomery County.
A significant weather alert is in effect until 3:45 for Cherokee… Etowah and Calhoun Counties. Heavy rains. lightning and gusty winds to over 40 mph may be experienced.
A tornado may be on the ground in Elmore County. Damage has been reported just NNW Of Montgomery.
Some ponding of rain on roads and creek rises has led the NWS Birmingham to issue an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Etowah, Jefferson, Lowndes, Perry, Shelby, St. Clair, and Talladega counties till 5:00 PM CST. General rainfall amounts of one inch with some isolated two inch amounts can be inferred from radar data.
Stephanie Honeycutt reported 1.16 inches in Alabaster since midnight, wiht 1.00 of it occurring iwth this afternoon’s storms.
In Trussville, I measured 0.83 with 0.59 inches of it this afternoon and moderate rain continuing at 3:15.
Huntsville just cancelled the Tornado Watch for DeKlab County. The following counties continue in the watch until 8 p.m. CST
The front is somewhere along or just east of I-59 now, and dewpoints and temperatures are dropping behind it. Expect upper 30s by morning.
In our area, the tornado watch remains in effect until 8 p.m. CST for Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Hale, Jefferson, Lowndes, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega and Tallapoosa.
It has been cancelled for all counties in the Huntsville warning area.
A new tornado watch goes until 10 p.m. for Southeast Alabama.
