Published on: March 31, 2009 at 5:59 PM

North and Central Alabama are 96% free of precipitation at this hour.

In South Alabama…a short line of storms was entering Washington County, extending up into Choctaw and Clarke Counties.

Flash flood warnings cover much of northern Mobile and Baldwin Counties in South Alabama, where up to three inches of rain fell in just one hour. With all the rain they have had lately, that certainly caused some flash flooding.

A meteorologist in Escambia County, Florida did spot a funnel cloud about 5:33 p.m. near the landfill in Beulah, FL. This prompted a tornado warning til 630 p.m. for a small small of Escambia County.

Further east, there is a tornado warning for areas south of Marianna. That tornado warning goes until 615 p.m.

Over in Mississippi, the cold front is nearing Columbus at this hour. Only a few light showers along it at this time. Earlier, a little storm bubbled up over North Mississippi, but it didn’t last long.

There is a short line of showers entering Northwest Alabama from extreme Northeast Mississippi. They are generally light.