Published on: August 31, 2007 at 9:08 PM

At 9:15 tonight, a large batch of thunderstorms was rolling into the greater Birmingham area from the NE.

The thunderstorms have already spread into NE and East Jefferson County and NE Shelby County. They were producing very dangerous lightning, strong gusty winds and torrents of rain.

These storms are affecting Trussville and other parts of East Jefferson County and also NE Shelby County, including Harpersville, Vincent and Westover. The storms will move across the rest of Jeffersona and Shelby Counties between now and 10:30 tonight.

The rain may be heavy enough at times to cause some temporary street flooding.