Here is an update on all of the troublemaking thunderstorms across North Alabama at 5:45 p.m.
The line of thunderstorms, a number of them severe, extended from near Double Springs in Winston County eastward across South Cullman County, Central Blount County into Etowah and Cherokee Counties. The strongest storms were over near the Georgia border, which prompted the tornado warnings for that area. The line of storms moving toward the SE. We will have to watch for them moving into the Birmingham area a little later.
A late report: the public reports hail 3/4 inch in diameter at 5:37 p.m. at Reese City west of Gadsden. Heavy rain is reported in downtown Gadsden.
* Hail the size of quarters reported at Leesburg in Cherokee County.
* NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning from North/Central Walker County and SE Winston County until 6:00 p.m. At 5:33 p.m., the severe thunderstorm was located near Arley moving SE at 39.
* A Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues until 10:00 tonight for a large part of North/Central and Central Alabama. This includes all of the greater Birmingham area also.
