A long north-south line of showers and thunderstorms developed quickly at mid-day across Alabama.
At 12:10 pm, the line extended from east of Birmingham down across Shelby and Chilton County and all the way into SW Alabama through Wilcox and Monroe County to just north of Mobile.
Movement is generally eastward.
There is some lightning involved already especially over Shelby County.
Get ready for another busy afternoon and evening.
NWS/Birmingham has already issued a Significant Weather Alert for Jefferson and Shelby County until12:45 pm.
Alston Keith, 3340 Skywatcher in Inverness reports 0.35 from the storm that just passed that area.