As predicted, the showers in the I-20 corrdiro have blossomed into a rash of showers and storms. Storms are fairly numerous over Etowah, Blount, eastern Jefferson and St. Clair Counties.
A thunderstorm was in progress at the Birmingham Airport at the 11 a.m. observation. Rain has now moved east of the field.
Rain and storms continue over the Tennessee Valley. A nice little cell near Albertville. the NWS Huntsville has issed a Special Weather Statement on that one. It will be moving into DeKalb County.
Showers were massing across the border in eastern Mississippi also. We have those to look forward to!
Be on the lookout for brief heavy rains, deadly lightning and gusty winds as we wind through the day.