Strong storms continue to move steadily east across NE Alabama. A very strong storm moved across Cullman County earlier and was near the Cullman/Blount County line and also extending into Marshall County near Guntersville. The strongest part of the storm was approaching the DeKalb County line north of Gadsden.
Earlier, around 9:00 this morning in Winston County, the EMA reported trees uprooted on County Road 41 north of Addison causing damage to a fence.
* The Storm Prediction Center was contemplating a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for NE Alabama and part of North Georgia, but so far one has not been issued.
NEIGHBORS TO OUR NORTH
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues until 2:00 p.m. CDT for Middle and East Tennessee. The Watch extends as far south as the Alabama border, but no Alabama counties are included. Actually, one of the thunderstorms in Middle Tennessee became strong enough to issue a Tornado Warning for areas near Springfield, Tennessee. Most of the stronger storms are now north and east of Nashville.
LIGHTNING IS FRIGHTENING
This is getting a bit out of our territory, but at least two persons have been struck by lightning late last night and this morning. One was a 10-year-old boy walking with his dad at a campground near Indianapolis. He was killed. Another man taking shelter under a tree in Shelby County, Kentucky is in critical condition, but lightning struck a tree and jumped across to hit the person.
A SEVERE SITUATION IN DALLAS/FT. WORTH
For the last several days, thunderstorms in the middle part of the country have produced unusually large hail and unbelievable lightning. The fatality this morning brings the total to 11 killed so far this year in a number of different states.
Last night and early this morning, as many as 1/4 million people were without power in the vicinity of Dallas/Ft. Worth because of lightning. At one time during the height of the storms, they were getting 600 lightning strikes every 5 minutes in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area. Flooding rains, also. Ft. Worth received over 3 inches.
