Published on: May 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM

A cluster of fairly potent storms covers southeastern Marion, northern Fayette, southern Winston and northwestern Walker County at this hour.

They are approaching the Jasper area. They will stay south of Double Springs.

They will move into southern Cullman, southwest Blount and northern Jefferson Counties, mainly between Garden City and Morris. They will move over northeastern Jefferson County in the Clay to Argo area. I think they will miss Trussville, but they could curve a little more to the southeast.

Storms were growing over northern Blount County, and will pass near or north of Oneonta.

A storm formed near the City of Gadsden and has been pulsing eastward. It passed south of Hokes Bluff and was nearing Piedmont.

Other storms were over Northwest Alabama over Colbert County, moving eastward toward Lawrence County.

To the west, showers and storms continue ahead of our cold front from northern Louisiana into northwestern Mississippi. These storms are about three to four hours east of the Alabama border and six hours west of Birmingham. We will deal with them later tonight.