Things are calming down for the most part tonight after a little excitement during the afternoon as scattered thunderstorms graced parts of the area.
at 7:30 p.m., thunderstorms with heavy rain were still occurring over Winston and northwestern Cullman County from about Double Springs to Addison to just west of West Point.
Mike Wilhelm in Vinemont reports that he saw some tree limbs down in his area after strong thunderstorms late this afternoon. He said it was very cool also, nature’s air conditioning. 72F at the Cullman Airport this hour.
This activity is moving northward into Lawrence and Morgan Counties.
Showers with some moderate rain continue over parts of the Jackson and DeKalb Coiunties.
In West Alabama, showers are diminsihing over Sumter and Greene Counties.
Some areas over northern Walker into Winston and NW Cullman County gto some decent rainfall amounts this afternoon and evening…with radar estimates of more than an inch in some places. Radar estimates over two inches in an area west of Good Hope.
In the Birmingham Metro, the best amounts probably were from the Cahaba Heights area eastward to near Sterrett in Shelby County. A significant area around here got more than one half inch according to radar.
