It was raining over every square mile of the south half of Alabama early tonight and some of the rain was locally heavy.
At 6:50 pm, the more extensive rain had spread as far north as about the Livingston-Greensboro-Centreville-Clanton-Rockford line.
Everything moving NE.
Little or no lightning in Alabama so far but there was a large cluster of frequent lightning out over the North Central Gulf of Mexico.
Besides Alabama, there was also extensive rain over Southeast Louisiana, South Mississippi and Northwest Florida. Some of the heaviest rain was over South Mississippi and Southwest Alabama.
SPOT REPORTS AT 5 PM CST
49 cloudy, Huntsville
50 cloudy Birmingham, wind east, gusts 21
47 light rain montgomery, 0.04 so far
48 steady moderate rain Greenville
49 rain, Mobile, 0.42 so far
57 rain Gulf Shores, wind east gusts 24
54 heavy rain Destin, 0.80 so far
52 rain Fort Walton (Mary Ester) wind east 14, 0.69 so far
51 rain, Pensacola, east, gusts 31, 1/2 inch so far
54 rain East Dauphin Island, wind eastm gusts 36
60 south of Orange Beach, wind east 36m gusts 43
50 heavy rain Biloxi, wind NE gusts 23
52 rain New Orleans, wind north gusts 30
Based on an analysis of a 5 pm surface map, the main low pressure area is south of the Louisiana Coast.
A Flash Flood Watch continues for a number of South Alabama counties tonight and tomorrow.
