Showers and storms are developing this afternoon. They are well south and southeast of Birmingham, thanks to our advancing cold front that has reached the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas.
At 1:00 p.m., showers were along or just south of I-59 in Tuscaloosa County back into Pickens County. Another batch was bubbling over Chambers, Tallapoosa and Lee Counties in East Central Alabama. All of this activity is generall going to occur south of a line drawn through the state at Calera. North of this line, any storms that form will be isolated.
Storms will quickly become intense, with deadly lightning, gusty winds and brief heavy rains.
Temperatures were 88F at Birmingham, Anniston and Gadsden, but already up to 93F at Tuscaloosa.
