Some elevated thunderstorms have formed late this evening in the warm advection pattern ahead of a surface low over West Central Alabama tonight.
Lightning was observed from the Shelby County Airport. Lightning data has detected a few flashes near Columbiana.
The elevated thunderstorms will spread northeast into Talladega, Clay, Calhoun and Cleburne Counties.
Additional showers and storms will likely form to the southeast of a line from Calera to Anniston.
Some heavier rain is over Southeast Alabama.