Rain is in the forecast for Dallas County, and its bringing the possibility of severe weather with it.

The rain and severe weather threat started Monday night when the first part of a two-part weather system moved across the state of Alabama from Mississippi.

Dallas County was in a limited threat area Monday, which was west of a line from Alexander City to Montgomery. That area is expected to increase Tuesday night and into Wednesday.

“We’ll get some beneficial rain from all of this, but we will also have the potential for a few strong to severe thunderstorms,” said meteorologist Jason Holmes with the National Weather Service in Birmingham. “There is a lot of wind energy with this system, so strong winds possibly producing some wind damage and also the chance of an isolated tornado or two are possible.”

Holmes said the threats are low, but there is always a possibility.

“Thankfully we’re not seeing the amount of wind shear or instability that we really would look at on a major event. We’re not talking about anything long lived or widespread,” Holmes said. “There is enough wind shear and enough stability to support a severe storm or two, just a few potential storms that could become severe and could produce strong damaging winds.”

Holmes said despite the threat being low, people should stay updated on the weather.

“People should just have a good way to get weather information over night, weather radio, there are a lot of cell phone apps as well that can do that, and of course pay attention to local media,” Holmes said.

People in Selma and Dallas County can expect the timing for the most severe threat late Tuesday and early Wednesday from midnight to 9 a.m.

Selma, along with most of central Alabama. is expected to get a beneficial amount of rainfall.

According to Holmes, Selma is expected to get anywhere from one and a half inches of rain to two inches.

“It won’t undo what we have been dealing with, but it definitely is the greatest rain chance really we’ve had since September,” Holmes said. “It will help out.”

Holmes said the rain will also have an effect on roads.

“The roads may be more slick than normal because you have oil and everything like that on the road that hasn’t been washed off for many, many weeks now,” Holmes said. “There will be some impact … so there may be some traffic issues.”

AAA Alabama encourages drivers to err on the side of caution over the next few days because of the rain. They suggest allowing more travel time, paying extra attention to traffic and keeping more distance between cars to allow more brake time.