Precipitation covers close to 75-80 percent of Alabama at 10:40. Over the north half of the state it is mostly a steady rain, although parts of NE Alabama still not wet. Heaviest over the north half was over Lamar County near the Mississippi border.
Downstate, the precipitation is more of a showery type. Heaviest was over Covington County near Andalusia (near the Florida border)
Amazingly, very little lightning in Alabama.
Heaviest rain of all was still over South Mississippi. Lots of showers over Louisiana also.
Everything moving from west to east.
The low pressure area thatwill be moving east across the central portions of Mississippi and Alabama was forming late this morning near Texarkana and Shreveport.
SPOT REPORTS AT 10 AM
68 (cool!) in Haleyville with heavy rain
73 light rain Birmingham Airport
74 low clouds, some fog, Montgomery/Dannelly field
81 partly sunny, Mobile Regional Airport
74 mostly cloudy, Annistion Airport
73 heavy rain Alexander City
73 light rain, Columbus, Miss., where James is speaking at MSU at this hour
77 moderate rain Jackson
NOTES FROM ABC 33/40 SKYWATCHERS
SW Lamar County…0.38 rain so far, a slow, soaking rain since 4 am
Reform, Pickens County…ateady drizzle now but 0.44 rain since midnight
Remlap…a cool 70 degrees, light rain
