Take care if you plan to be in north-central Shelby or southeastern Jefferson counties in the next few hours.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a flash flood warning for those areas that will be in effect until 6:15 p.m.
The weather service said that automated gauges said up to 3 inches of rain has fallen in those areas in a short time, and flash flooding is a very real possibility.
The weather service has also gotten a report of 4 inches of rain along Rocky Ridge Road:
Some of the areas that could be affected are Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Pelham, Mountain Brook, Indian Springs Village, Cahaba Heights, Riverchase, Patton Creek, The Summitt, the Riverchase Galleria, Oak Mountain State Park and Brook Highland.
See the complete warning here.