Lots of beneficial rain.
At 11:30 pm a broad band of rain, 60 miles wide in places, extended from the Huntsville-Scottsboro area in the Tennessee Valley southward through the Birmingham Metro area and into South Alabama.
The rain is quite heavy in some areas. Some of the heaviest was from south of Birmingham down through Bibb and Perry County. Lightning has increased some in that area.
NWS/Birmingham issued a Special Weather Statement (Significant Weather Alert) for Bibb, Chilton and Shelby County until midnight. Winds may gust to 40 mph and rain will be heavy.
Some rain amounts so far:
0.90 Concord/Hueytown line
0.81 Hueytown/Bessemer
1.26 Haleyville
1.71 Hamilton
1.16 Fayette
1.25 Coker
0.70 Jasper
Those amounts from ABC 33/40 Skywatchers
Over in Extreme West Alabama most of the rain has ended.
