Numerous reports of vivid lightning from the storms that are lined up tonight from near Gadsden in Etowah County through St. Clair into western Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties.
A severe thunderstorm warning continues foe Jefferson southern Blount and western St. Clair counties. In the Birmingham metro the leading edge of the storms was as far south as Forestdale and Fultondale. Rainfall is especially heavy from western Jefferson County west of Hueytown into northeastern Tuscaloosa County. John Talbot reports hearing scanner traffic that a road is washed out somewhere in the Birmingport area of the western part of Jefferson County.
The storms in the Gadsden area are intense as well, with a severe thunderstorm warning continuing for eastern Blount, northern St. Clair and Etowah Counties. It is absolutely pouring along I-59 from Attalla to Steele.
