* NWS issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for North Chambers County in East/Central Alabama, including the cities of Stroud and Lafayette. The warning is until 8:00 p.m. NWS detected a severe thunderstorm that could be producing quarter-size hail and damaging winds over 60 that was centered near Stroud and moving slowly SW at only 5 mph.
* On the opposite side of Alabama, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues until 8:00 p.m. for SW Sumter County in West/Central Alabama. This includes York and Cuba. NWS detected a severe thunderstorm that may produce hail the size of quarters and damaging winds over 60 mph. It was centered 6 miles NW of York and moving south at 40 mph. This includes I-20 exits 1 through 8. Continuous cloud-to-ground lightning is in this storm.
A 7:40 PM RADAR UPDATE
Numerous thunderstorms West/Central Alabama frm Pickens down into Sumter County. Quite a few strong to severe storms also over East/Central Alabama. Scroll down for the Tallapoosa County Warning. Strong storms also in extreme NW Alabama, including parts of Lauderdale, Colbert and Franklin Counties. Almost all of the storms were moving toward the SW. Many of these storms are really putting out the lightning.