Published on: September 21, 2009 at 6:55 AM

The NWS has extended the Flash Flood Warning until 10:45 am for Greene, Pickens and Sumter County in West Central Alabama.

Although there is a 50-mile wide band or zone of rain and thunderstorms all the way across the state, the heaviest rain was over Pickens, Greene and Sumter County.

Based on radar, the rain was coming down at a rate of about 3.30 inches per hour. Radar estimates also indicate as much as 10+ inches has fallen over part of that area.

Flash Flood Warning also continues for Tuscaloosa County.

Again today, a Flash Flood Watch is posted for a large part of North and Central Alabama for today through this evening.l