Published on: December 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM

Rain is spreading east northeast tonight over West Central Alabama. It extends from Bibb and Chilton Counties back through southern Greene, Hale, southern Sumter, Marengo and Choctaw Counties.

Moderate to heavy rain extended over the southern quarter of Mississippi and back into Southeast Louisiana.

The precipitation is being caused by an upper level disturbance swinging through the Mississippi Valley.

The rain should reach to near or just south of I-59 tonight.

Some one hour rainfall amounts are approaching one half inch with some isolated amounts to 3/4 of an inch. Not seeing any lightning at this time, but there has been some over southeastern Louisiana.