Published on: May 15, 2009 at 10:36 PM

A complex of storms has developed just south of Birmingham late this evening and it will be propogating northward across the Metro.

These storms will intensify as an outflow boundary interacts with them across the Birmingham Metro area over the next 30 minutes.

Get ready for brief heavy rain, intense lightning and perhaps strong gusty winds.

In addition, storms were still migrating northwestward in an expanding arc from Cherokee and Etowah Counties through Calhouna dn Cleburne Counties into southeastern St. Clair and much of Talladega Counties.

Maximum tops on radar were around 45,000 feet northwest of Talladega. Lots of lightning in Talladega County and over northern Shelby County.