Published on: May 14, 2008 at 5:09 AM

Scattered showers were already occurring over parts of North and Central Alabama early on this Wednesday morning.

However, at 5 o’clock, the heaviest rain, by far, was over East Arkansas and NW Louisiana where thunderstorms were dumping very heavy rain. Much lightning with those.

NWS/Jackson has issued a Flash Flood Watch through Thursday morning for:

Northwest Mississippi
Southeast Arkansas
Northeast Louisiana

Those areas may get 2 to 4 inches of rain and possibly heavier.

Here in Central Alabama, there will be an increase in showers and thunderstorms tonight and especially Thursday.