Looking upstream from the Birmingham Metro area…there are no storms threatening the City of Birmingham now…
Storms are lineup in a line from SW Blount County through extreme northern Jefferson County then over into Talladega and St. Clair Counties. The strongest storms are just south of Anniston along the Calhoun/Clay County line and along the Cleburne/Randolph County line southeast of Heflin.
Large hail….larger than golf balls indicated by radar in the storm southeast of Heflin…
Even larger hail…just northwest of Delta in Clay County.
Severe thunderstorm warning til 745 p.m. for extreme southern Calhoun, extreme southern Cleburne, northern Clay and northern Randolph Counties.
Severe thunderstorm warning til 8 p.m. for Central Talladega…much of Clay and Randolph Counties…
Severe thunderstorm warning for northern Talldega County for intensifying storm south of Riverside and Lincoln.
Three strong storms over northern Jefferson and southern Blount Counties…one approaching Warrior and Kimberly…another approaching Springville and another east of Springville.
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS
….1 S Arkadelphia [Cullman Co, AL] emergency mngr reports HAIL of marble size (E0.50 INCH) at 07:05 PM CDT — hail to dime size was reported along cr 5 just south of Arkadelphia
….5 S Heflin [Cleburne Co, AL] law enforcement reports HAIL of quarter size (E1.00 INCH) at 07:04 PM CDT — quarter sized hail reported by Cleburne sheriffs office on county road 19 south of interstate 20.
(19:21:04) iembot: 11 Ne Talladega [Talladega Co, AL] fire dept/rescue reports HAIL of penny size (E0.75 INCH) at 07:16 PM CDT — penny sized hail reported in munford.
(19:21:22) iembot: BMX issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega [AL] till 8:00 PM CDT