Very Isolated Storms

| June 9, 2011 @ 6:25 pm | 7 Replies

Isolated storms have affected only a small part of Central Alabama this afternoon.

Weakening storms were over northeastern Tuscaloosa County. They had extended into western Jefferson County earlier.

A storm quickly pulsed up near Indian Springs Village in northern Shelby county. It has already started to rain itself out as it has drifted westward toward Valleydale Road/119 at I-65, as most summer storms do. With light winds aloft, they grow rapidly, but the heavy precipitation chokes off the updraft as it falls, killing the storm. This is the difference between these storms and the storms of spring that have sufficient wind shear to maintain themselves.

In East Alabama, a storm was just northeast of Anniston. It is moving slowly southwest.

Others were over eastern Talladega and Clay Counties.

Stronger storms were pushing into Lee and Chambers Counties. They will continue slowly westward.

Everythin will start to go downhill over the next few hours as we lose the intense heating of the day.

Category: Alabama's Weather

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