Published on: July 4, 2008 at 6:15 PM

Five main areas of weather on radar this hour….

1. A broken line of storms from southern Cherokee thrugh Calhoun, St. Clair, Shelby, Coosa and Bibb Counties. Heaviest storms near Lake Logan Martin in the Pell City and Riverside area.

Outflow from these storms has pushed south and storms will fire from Hale through Bibb, southern Shelby, northern Chilton, southern Talladega and Clay Counties.

2. Light to moderate rain across North Alabama extending back into Northeast Mississippi. Over NE Alabama, moderate rain was over Marshall and DeKalb Counties. The Mississippi rain will move into Franklin, Marion and Lamar Counties.

3. Some moderate showers over northern Tuscaloosa County.

4. Strong storms from south of Columbus MS through Pickens and Greene counties, then back through Sumter and Choctaw Counties. New severe thunderstorm warning for southern Greene and central Sumter Counties. Big storm near Boligee moving toward Eutaw.

5. Storms north of Opelika, between Opelika and Lafayette.

6. Scattered storms west of Columbus MS that are moving eastward.