Drew Donaldson, a pharmacist from Damascus, in unincorporated Coffee County, discovered the devastation Thursday morning as he went to check on the 150 cows and calves on his family's 150-acre farm.
Donaldson found the carcasses of six cows and one calf beside a tree struck by lightning, he told AL.com's Rick Karle.
The cows were expected to give birth any day.
Coffee County faced severe weather on Wednesday and into Thursday morning, when a flood advisory was in effect.
Donaldson said his family -- wife Kristi and daughters Ada, 8, and Everly, 6 -- consider their cows to be family.
The Donaldsons have applied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Livestock Indemnity Program, which provides compensation for the loss of livestock, WDHN reported.
Efforts by AL.com to reach the Donaldsons were unsuccessful.
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