Published on: March 25, 2009 at 1:33 PM

Broad band of moderate to heavy rain continues rather quickly across Alabama early this afternoon.

Around 1:30, the heaviest rain (moderate to heavy in come cases) extended from the Huntsville/Scottsboro area in NE Alabama to east of Birmingham and then to near Greensboro and Marion in West Central Alabama.

ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS as of 1 PM, CDT, included:

0.15 Birmingham Airport
0.52 Tuscaloosa Airport
0.66 near West Blocton
1.51 near Millport/Lamar County
0.63 Muscle Shoals
0.82 Tupelo, Miss.
1.57 Columbus, Miss.
1.45 Meridian/Key Field