Published on: May 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM

Strong storms are spreading over East Alabama tonight.

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They are especially intense over Cleburne County. Lane Kilgore in Muscadine reports a very intense lightning show with some of the most brilliant lightning observed in some time.

The activity extends from Fruithurst to Heflin to northeast of Lineville. It will affect the Anniston/Oxford area over the next hour.

Be alert for intense, deadly lightning and torrential rains. There could be strong gusty winds as well.

Thestorms extend along an arc dow to just southeast of Talladega and to east of Alex City.

A gust front or outflow boundary is pushing northeastward through Talladega and Calhoun Counties.

I think the activity over East Alabama will sort of slowly propagate northwestward for a while as it slowly weakens.

A slow moving, fairly hefty storm was just west of Warrior and Morris in northern Jefferson County. Some lightning here. It will percolate northward toward The Colony.