Counting T-Storms at 3 pm

Isolated thunderstorms had developed across mainly Central Alabama at mid-afternoon, most of them from north of Birmingham to south of Montgomery. Some of the main ones:

…..Northeast Walker and South Cullman County

…..Several storms on all sides of the Montgomery area.

…..Strongest of all was near Tupelo in NE Mississippi.

All of them moving from northwest toward the southeast,

NWS/Huntsville has issued a Special Weather Statement. Here is the text:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL  
249 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010  
  
ALZ016-302015-  
CULLMAN-  
249 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010  
  
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL   
315 PM CDT...  
  
AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A  
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BREMEN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10   
MPH.  
  
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY  
DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  
  
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...  
  BREMEN...BLACK BOTTOM.  
  COLONY.  
  ARKADELPHIA...WILBURN.  
  
SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.  
  
  

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