The strongest thunderstorms over NE Alabama are finally moving out of Cherokee County into NW Georgia. Flash flooding remains a problem in the Ft. Payne area in DeKalb County from the earlier storms.
Further south, around 5:15 this afternoon, the strongest storms were over Southern Calhoun County over into Southern Cleburne County, which is the easternmost county in Alabama. Very heavy rain was occurring near or just south of Heflin.
The strong thunderstorms that were over South Shelby County moved into SW Talladega County and Northern Chilton County near Jemison.
Over on the west side of the state, a strong thunderstorm was showing up west of Tuscaloosa. It was moving east at 5 mph and could produce strong gusty winds up to 45 mph along with frequent lightning.
The strong gusty winds this afternoon have been occurring mainly when the thunderstorms collapse. Some of the storms have built to great heights.
We still have some strong storms over East Mississippi between Meridian and Columbus. We will need to track those as they move into Alabama.
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues until 8 o’clock tonight, mainly over east and NE Alabama. There were a few single thunderstorms in Coosa County, as well as SE Chambers County and Bullock County.
MORE DAMAGE REPORTS
* In the Forney community on County Road 28 in Cherokee County, the public reports power lines down and a house partially unroofed.
* 8 miles south of Eufaula down in SE Alabama’s Barbour County, police officials report trees and power lines down at 4:22 p.m. south of Terese, which is on US-431 and County Road 9.
* At 4:09 p.m., multiple trees down in Ellisville along County Road 9 in Cherokee County. That is about 7 miles SE of Centre.
