Flash flood warning just issued for Jefferson County.
Showers and storms have become widespread across much of Jefferson, western Shelby, Bibb, St. Clair and southern Blount Counties, extending up into northeastern Walker County.
Doppler radar shows over two inches of rain near Forestdale in just the past hour. Areas from Forestdale up to Gardendale have received over two inches of rain in the past couple of hours.
Heaviest rain now in the Fairfield and Midfield areas of western Birmingham.
Heavy rain covers the whole western half of the county from Homewood to Adamsville to Hueytown.
Another strong cell in western Shelby county west of Pelham. Michael Mills reports 1.40 inches of rain in Alabaster.
Additional intensifying storms cover much of western and southern St. Clair County back into northeastern Jefferson County. In fact, the storms are backbuilding into the Trussville area right now where I have heavy rain.
Storms are building back into northeastern Jefferson County from St. Clair County.
Flash flood warning continues for northwestern Calhoun and parts of Etowah counties where Doppler Radar shows over six inches of rain may have fallen between Wellington and Ohatchee. Some pretty bad flooding was reported west of Wellington.
