NWS/Birmingham has issued a Significant Weather Alert until 2:15 for Winston County. This means that there can be some strong gusty winds, dangerous lightning and even some hail. The main part of the thunderstorm was over the central part of Winston County near and just west of Double Springs.
Another strong storm was over SE Morgan County.
Scattered thunderstorms were generally increasing. They were also located over Marion, Lamar, Walker, Cullman and North Jefferson Counties. Still other moderate to strong thunderstorms were further down state between Centreville and Clanton and southward into Dallas and Lowndes Counties.
There is considerable lightning in a number of these thunderstorms. Movement is slow toward the NNW. This will give some communities time to get a beneficial amount of rain.