Parts of Birmingham, Alabama, were under water Monday afternoon and evening as a round of strong storms dumped torrential rainfall on the city.

WIAT.com reported streets around the University of Alabama at Birmingham were heavily impacted by standing water following the storms, and cars were stranded on several of those roadways. Emergency crews were out all over the city assisting motorists stuck in the floodwaters, the report added.

Water rescues were reported on Finley Avenue just northwest of downtown Birmingham, according to the National Weather Service.

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Birmingham Fire Rescue tweeted that it was receiving calls from residents trapped in flooded areas that don't normally see flooding, even during heavy rainfall. Just after 5 p.m. local time, the NWS told residents that if they hadn't left their workplace, they should wait until the storms pass, WTVM.com reported.

The NWS also received a social media report that lightning had sparked a house fire some six miles north of Birmingham. Fultondale Fire and Rescue confirmed the report and responded to the fire, and while it's unknown if anyone was inside the house at the time of the lightning strike, there were no injuries, according to ABC 33/40.

Here are some additional images that show just how bad the flooding was in some areas.

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