The back edge of the rainfall area is progressing southeastward at a rate of about 10 mph. It extends from DeKalb County, through southeastern Marshall County, Blount County, Central Walker County, NW Tuscaloosa County into Pickens County.
Rain should end across the Birmingham area between 8 and 9:30.
Before it does, a heavy shower will be moving across the metro area during the next hour. Heavy showers continue in a one hundred mile wide band south and east of I-59 in Alabama.
Temperatures will fall into the upper 30s over northwest sections tonight with 40s elsewhere.
