It is “raining by the buckets” if you will excuse that expression near the Shelby/Chilton County line. It is also pouring over the east edge of Bibb County.
Actually most of the heavy rain area is down over North Chilton County spreading toward jemison and Thorsby.
Here is a copy of a Special Weather Statement issued earlier about this:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
544 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
ALZ025-034>036-102330-
BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-SHELBY-
544 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
..SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB…CHILTON
COOSA AND SHELBY
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT…
AT 539 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A CLUSTER
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MONTEVALLO AND CALERA…MOVING EAST AT
5 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
MONTEVALLO.
SAGINAW.
MINOOKA PARK.
CALERA.
SHELBY.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
