Published on: May 3, 2008 at 4:39 AM

North part of the line of thunderstorms already well into NW Alabama. Heavy rain and lightning now over several NW Alabama counties.

To the south, the line of storms was crossing the Mississippi-Alabama border into West Alabama’s Pickens, Fayette and Lamar County. This line of storms should reach Birmingham by 7,

However, other individual storms that have developed ahead of the main line were already moving across Jefferson County. Look for locally heavy rain and lots of lightning for the Birmingham Metro area soon.