Here we are at 3:30 on Wednesday morning and another cluster of heavy rain and thunderstorms already into NW Alabama.
The heavy showers and storms extended generally from Decatur westward across Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin and NW Marion County. Some of the heaviest rain seemed to be over East Franklin County near Russellville,
Moving east.
These new storms moving over an area that has received buckets of rain the last two days, in fact more than six inches in many locations. Therefore, NWS Huntsville has issued an Areal Flood Warning until 6:15 this morning for these areas:
….Colbert County
….Franklin County
….Lauderdale County
….Lawrence County
1 to 3 inches of additional rain likely in those areas over a totally saturated ground.
Elsewhere at 3:30 am, lighter showers had developed over NE Alabama along the Blount-Etowah County line.
