Although it left a tragic and destructive wake in other parts of the Southeast as it climbed northward from the Gulf of Mexico, Subtropical Storm Alberto passed directly through Cullman County leaving plenty of rain — but not much else.

Much of Cullman County saw approximately one inch of rainfall Monday into Tuesday, as the center of the weakened system made its way northward through central Alabama, with Tuesday’s rainfall totals amounting to less than half an inch.

Cullman Emergency Management Agency Director Phyllis Little said Tuesday rainfall totals through the extended Memorial Day weekend tallied approximately three inches, but that the ground had absorbed the precipitation sufficiently enough to prevent local flooding.

“We have not received any reports of any local flooding,” she said.”The rain’s been slow enough that the ground can keep up. We are probably going to get some additional rain each day until all the southern bands of this system have moved on to our north; it’s still spinning like a top and drawing more moisture up out of the Gulf.”

Still, Little added, forecasters do not anticipate any severe weather related to Alberto for the remainder of this week.

“We’re still not looking for any bad weather of any kind,” she said. “Where we have seen a few problems is in some of the neighboring counties, where they have areas that are more prone to flooding than we are. Locally, we’ve only had a couple of reports of trees down, and they have not been big trees. Thankfully, we’ve not really had a lot of strong winds, which has kept us in pretty good shape.”

While not dangerous, this week’s rainfall could present a sticky inconvenience for those planning to attend the Rock the South festival this weekend at Heritage Park. Last year’s event was marked by significant Saturday rainfall that left the field at the venue muddy during the evening performances from headlining acts, and presenting a cleanup challenge for organizers once the festival had ended.

Rock the South will be Friday and Saturday and has headlines such as Thomas Rhett, Hank Williams Jr. and Eric Church scheduled.

“I’d suggest wearing a pair of shoes you don’t mind throwing away,” said Little, “And maybe put an extra pair in your car so you have something to change into when you leave.”

Alabama Power reported widespread power outages in Birmingham, with about 11,000 reported, and another 6,000 in Montgomery.

In North Carolina, a television news anchor and a photojournalist were killed Monday when a tree uprooted from rain-soaked ground toppled on their SUV as they covered storms on the fringes of the big, ill-defined system.

Associated Press contributed to this story.