Widespread rain over the entire north half of Alabama early this evening.
A soaking rain
The rain extends westward across the north half of Mississippi, North Louisiana and all of Arkansas.
At 6:40 pm, some of the heaviest rain in Alabama was across South Jefferson, Shelby and Chilton County. Heavy rain reported in Hoover and traffic is bad.
A Flash Flood Watch continues tonight and much of Tuesday for North Alabama, generally along and north of Interstate 20. This, of course, includes the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Anniston areas northward.
2 to 4 inches of rain possible.
A Flash Flood
