Light to moderate to occasionally heavy rain continues to edge eastward across western Alabama. The leading edge is from western Morgan County diwn through western Cullman County into western Jefferson County. It continues to the southwest across parts of Tuscaloosa… Hale… Sumter and into Choctaw County. The activity is moving NNE fairly quickly, but the entire rain mass is sliding eastward slowly. It will reach western sections of the Birmingham metro area before 5 p.m. and will take until about 6:30 to reach eastern sections.
Lightning is showing up in association with the western Alabama storms.
Heavy rain was reported at the Shoals Airport at 4 p.m.
Temperatures are in the lower to middle 60s for the most part.
The rain will overspread the entire area tonight. Rain will become widespread and be heavy at times. 1-2 inches of rain is likely, with some locations picking up 3 inches. Flash Flood Watches are in effect for SW Alabama. We do not expect any flooding problems in North and Central Alabama.
The axis of heaviest rainfall extends from the Tupelo area, down through Meridian and Hattiesburg. This area will be rotating across us this evening. It is being enhanced by an upper level disturbance over northeastern Mississippi.
Severe weather will be limited to far SW Alabama although we will all hear some thunder overnight. A tornado watch is in effect for Southeast Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana.
Rain will end Sunday morning, leaving mostly cloudy skies for the better part of the day on Sunday before clearing takes place tomorrow night.
