Published on: May 28, 2008 at 5:41 AM

Broad area of showers and thunderstorms continues to spread east and SE across North Alabama.

At 5:30 am, the leading edge extended from about Fort Payne southwestward to Guntersville, Cullman, Fayette and Vernon.

Moderate to heavy rain and a decent amount of lightening.

NWS/Huntsville has extended an Areal Flood Warning to include Limestone and Morgan County until 7:30.

A FEW 5 AM REPORTS
….Heavy rain at Decatur Airport
….Heavy rain at Haleyville
….Steady moderate rain at Huntsville Airport

Scroll down to see some extremely impressive recent rain amounts.