NWS/Birmingham issued a Significant Weather Alert until 7:00 p.m. for SE Clay County and South Randolph County in East/Central Alabama.
Point of concern was a thunderstorm near Mellow Valley located on Highway 49 in South Clay County. This is also about 16 miles SW of Wedowee.
Moving east slowly at about 5 mph. Could have hailstones up to 1/2 inch in diameter and wind gusts to 45 mph.
In Shelby County, storms were over the central part of the county. Thunder was reported at the 33/40 studios in Riverchase. Nathan Jones, 33/40 weather watcher in East Pelham, has received 0.23 rather quickly.
Earlier the ABC 33/40 weather watcher for Jemison in North Chilton County got over 1.50 inches of rain.
An outflow boundary from these storms was advancing northward to near Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Pell City and Riverside. This could trigger some additional showers and storms. Already, a small one was developing over NE St. Clair County and it appears that a storm is about to begin NE of Trussville.
