The radar has become quite active over the northern half of the state over the past two hours.
A disturbance moving through the northeast corner of the state. It is trailing a solid line of storms down through eastern DeKalb, Cherokee and eastern Etowah Counties. The activity becomes more broken down through St. Clair, Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega, Clay and Randolph Counties.
Significant weather alert for Cherokee and Etowah Counties until 12:30 and 12:45 pm respectively for nice cluster of storms from Gadsden area up through Centre.
Nice storm just north of I-20 near Lincoln.
J.B. picked up 0.52 inches of rain in NE Trussville in less than 15 minutes from a heavy shower.
Showers and thunderstorms are increasing in coverage and intensity west and southwest of Birmingham. They will march across much of Central Alabama through the afternoon hours.
Look for brief heavy rainfall, gusty winds and deadly lightning from the stronger storms.
