Rain and thunderstorms activity is now increasing over North Central Alabama this morning.
A strong cold front is approaching West Alabama.
Activity has increased from Sumter, Greene and Pickens County northeastward through the Birmingham metro. Storms are intensifying between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Heavy rain at TCL. Lightning increasing on detection system around Tuscaloosa, verified by Skywatcher at Coker.
A line of developing storms was just ahead of the front from Pickens up through Fayette County into eastern Marion and Winston Counties.
Front has passed Haleyville.
0.45 inches at Hamilton so far today. Front has passed there.
The main area of concern, however, is over South Central Alabama. More discrete cells of Marengo and Clarke Counties will move northeast toward Perry Dallas and eventually Chilton and Autauga Counties and points northeast.
The current tornado watch may be expanded northeast to accommodate these storms if they hold together and instability increases ahead of them.
There are some breaks in the clouds over South Central and Southeast Alabama. There will be some significant development over these areas later today as the cap breaks and storms fire, mainly east of I-65 and south of I-85.
