A band of moderate to strong thunderstorms now moving eastward through West Alabama.
Producing downpours of rain, gusty winds and considerable lightning.
As midnight approached the storms were mainly from Eastern Pickens County eastward across Winston, Walker and Tuscaloosa County.
Approaching West Jefferson County.
ABC 33/40 Skywatchers report 0.63 of an inch of rain in about 15 minutes at Taylorville, just south of Tuscaloosa on the Moundville highway. At Coker, in West Tuscaloosa County, rain was falling at the rate of 1.15 of an inch per hour, although only 0.15 actually measured so far.
33/40 Skywatcher reported a separate thunderstorm at Alabaster in Shelby County, down from the high school with heavy rain and lightning. Not much wind.
Updating the Alabaster report at 11:55 pm, the storm has diminished considerable at that particular location.
