Showers and thunderstorms continue in two main concentrations across eastern Alabama this afternoon…
More storms may develop across Central Alabama near outflow boundaries…
At 5:30…an area of showers was over westner Calhoun and northern Talladega Counties…from near Ohatchee to just east of Lincoln…it has gone downhill over the past hour as it sits mainly stationary.
Another was over southwestern Clay County, extending into extreme NE Coosa and NW Tallapoosa Counties…the main activity is north of Goodwater…lots of lightning with this one…
A well defined outflow boundary was shifting southwestward across Jefferson, Shelby, Coosa and Tallapoosa Counties. In anticipation of it, a storm had formed over Chilton County near THorsby. I think you might see some continued development along and ahead of the outflow. There are several other smaller boundaries across Central Alabama.
Finally, some small showers are burbling up in Blount County SW of Oneonta. I think they developing in response to the passing main outflow boundary and probably will not amount to much.
The best rainfall of the day is probbaly still occurring in the Clay County storm, but radar estimates show well over an inch may have fallen in a small area along I-20 just west of Anniston. The airport, which is nearby, only picked up 0.09 of an inch through the 5 p.m. observation.
