Our area of showers and storms over West Alabama has grown in coverage and intensity in the past 30 minutes.
The main area is over southern Pickens and northern Greene Counties. The actviity extends up into Tuscaloosa County. More showers and storms are on a line from east of Fayette through southern Walker, northeastern Tuscaloosa and into downtown Birmingham.
A good bit of lightning in the Greene and Pickens portion, especially from south of Carrollton to north of Eutaw.
Moderate rain in the Tuscaloosa area. Ronald Huges in Coker reported .25 from the showers that moved through his area.
The activity is moving east southeast.
The southern half of the Birmingham metro will get brief heavy rain. Other areas that will be up for showers over the next two hours include Hale…Bibb and Perry Counties, as well as parts of Shelby and Talladega Counties.