Published on: July 21, 2018 at 5:26 AM

NWS Birmingham has extended the area of the Severe Thunderstorm Watch to now include Blount, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa counties. Those counties, along with Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Lee, and Randolph counties, are in the Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9:00 AM this morning.