Showers in the Birmingham Metro area are growing and getting heavier. There already is some heavy rain. A Skywatcher in Vestavia reported 1.5 inches of rain a short while ago from one of the heavier showers.
This image shows the base reflectivity on the left, and the composite reflectivity on the right. The composite echoes are heavier because the radar is adding the reflectivities from the various tilts, showing the precipitation building aloft.
Tops are approaching 40,000 feet near the Birminagham Airport. Lightning just showed up in this cell near Downtown.
The cells are moving to the north northwest.
Elsewhere, developing storms are scattered across the area. The heaviest are over Noxubee County MS and western Pickens County in West Alabama.
