They are widely scattered, mostly over the north third of the state.
We should tell you that a whole lot more folks are being left high and dry than are getting rain. Even though the storms look impressive on radar, if we could, like magic, stack all of the thunderstorms together, they would not cover but about one county.
We appreciate a report from one of our blog readers, Darrell, in NW Winston County in the Ashridge community. He reports heavy rain and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. The storm seems pretty strong. He says they have had a few strong wind gusts.
That storm is still hanging out over the NW corner of Winston County and will be moving ever so slowly toward the NNW. In fact, at times, it seems like it is sitting still.
Some of the other stronger storms at 3:30 p.m.:
* Over the NW corner of Jackson County along the Madison County line
* Over West Jefferson County near or just north of Oak Grove (a small one)
* In Cullman County near Hanceville, which is about 8 miles SE of Cullman, the storm was practically stationary. This little storm is strong enough to produce 1/2-inch diameter hail and gusts to 50 mph and bursts of very heavy rain.
The thunderstorms sure are lazy this afternoon, as far as the movement is concerned. I believe you could outrun most of them on a bicycle.
We heard from another blog reader earlier this afternoon reporting an estimated 1/2 inch of rain that fell quickly at his location near Lakeshore Drive and Oxmoor Road in Homewood.
