Published on: January 5, 2009 at 11:22 PM

Extensive rain continues late tonight across most of the north half of Alabama.

There has been a decrease in the intensity near I-20 in the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham part of the state. The heaviest rain has shifted northward a bit–into North central Alabama. The heaviest rain now over NE Alabama.

Little or no lightning, just an old-fashioned soaker! (Don’t ask me what a “new-fashioned” rain event is.

Flash Flood Watch continues the rest of tonight and into Tuesday in most areas along and north of I-20, including the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Anniston area northward. Some areas will get 2 to 4 inches of rain.

Another round of showers and thunderstorms will arrive tomorrow and the Storm Prediction Center has outlined a slight risk of severe weather from roughly Birmingham southward. Better chance south if I-20.

Some additional rain amounts not previously reported:

1.72 Downtown Birmingham Skycam
1.67 Fayette
0.63 Southside/Fayette
1.07 Jasper Skycam
0.61 Cullman Skycam
1.17 Gadsden Skycam
1.67 Concord/Hueytown
1.77 Walnut Grove
1.50 Southeast Trussville
1.45 Hayden
1.25 Oxford