Strong storms continue across Central Alabama this afternoon.
In the Birmingham area…storms are growing along the Tuscaloosa…Fayette…Walker…and Jefferson County lineswest of the city. Brief pulse storms have popped up over northern Jefferson County north of the city, but they blew out as soon as they formed. A significant weather alert has been issued for Jefferson County. Look out for deadly lightning, brief heavy rains that can dump three quarters of an inch of rain in 30 minutes and wind gusts to around 45 mph.
Winds gusted to 42 mph at the Cullman Skycam site. Two spotters…one in SW Lamar County and Mike Wilhelm in Vinemont both reported .7 of an inch of rain in just 30 minutes.
Strong storms continue over Pickens County. The severe thunderstorm warning has expired and was converted to a significant weather alert, but strong storms continue from Carrollton to Pickensville. Those could become severe again.
More strong storms are moving into Sumter County in SW Alabama.
The Blount County storms have weakened.
Elsewhere, scattered storms continue across much of the state.
