A large area of rain and thunderstorms is moving east across West Alabama this afternoon.
The northern extent is over Marion and Winston Counties…from east of Hamilton to south of Haleyville.
It extends over Fayette and Walker Counties, with a decent storm between Jasper and Nauvoo.
The strongest storm is south of Oakman in Walker County. It is moving ESE toward Jefferson County and may target much of the City of Birmingham.
To the south of that, a storm is along the Jefferson/Tuscaloosa County line northeast of Brookwood.
Other showers are developing down through western Shelby County. These will become storms shortly.
Rainfall rates of up to two inches in less than an hour are possible with the heavier showers.
EJ in Chaaba Heoghts reported two inches with the storms that moved across southern parts of the metro earlier.
Lightning will be a big problem with the storms.
