Some Skywatcher reports…
…(8:37:23 PM) Michael Mills/Alabaster: Man the lighting is bad
…(8:38:30 PM) Nathan Jones (WX4NLJ) Pelham: Neither home in Helena was actually set on fire by lightning.
…(8:38:33 PM) john talbot.concord/hueytown: 1430 Sequoia trail in Alabaster has a power line down ….Lester Ln & Bluff Rd in Hoover has a tree blocking the intersection…hoover pd on scene
…(8:38:52 PM) clhutcheson Willow Creek Alabaster: it looks like a hurricane with the wind and the amount of rain falling. lightening too close for comfort. about 1/2 mile from whirlaway circle
Severe thunderstorm warning continues for much of Shelby County as well as an areal flood advisory. The heaviest weather is over the area from Helena to Pelham to Alabaster to just north of Maylene.
Other heavy rain and lightning is over the Shannon and Bluff Park areas of southern Jefferson County.
