EDITED 9:30 AM FOR SECOND RAIN BAND
Keeping an eye on the radar for fans heading to the SEC Baseball Tournament at Regions Park in Hoover.
Radar shows a band of moderate to heavy rain extending from north of Greensboro to near Centreville to just south of Columbiana to south of Alexander City and on into Chambers County.
Rain is now about 15 minutes away from the Park. It will start out as light rain for a couple of minutes, then become moderate to occasionally heavy for about 30-40 minutes. The rain will then taper to light rain then end about 10 minutes later.
This means that rain will end at the park around 10:45 a.m. With the approaching rain, I don’t think they will get the game started on time.
I had thought there was a chance the rain would end enough for the game to be played during a window after this first rain band, but I am concerned that additional rain over South Central Alabama is increasing in coverage south and east of Montgomery. This activity is about 70-100 miles southeast of Regions Park and will affect the tournament in just before noon.
We will monitor the situation and give you an update when we receive new information.
Elsewhere, there are a few light showers over North Central Alabama from Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties eastward to Calhoun and Cherokee Counties.
The heavier rain band will overspread much of Tuscaloosa, Hale, Bibb, Shelby, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega, Clay, Randolph, southern Calhoun and southern Cleburne Counties over the next two hours.
More showers will develop during the day and it will be breezy with an east wind.
