And it is a story of some most welcome beneficial rain for many communities around the state. Unfortunatley so far, every community has not benefited. At the end of this story, we will post a list of rain amounts so far. Scroll down and see the report from Mike Wilhelm indicating flooding near Decatur.
Here is a description of the main line of showers and storms as of 9:00 a.m. It extends all the way up and down the state from north to south from Western Jackson County, west of Scottsboro, southward to near Guntersville, Oneonta, Springville, along the Jefferson/St. Clair County line to near Clanton and down into the SW part of the state.
The heaviest rain from from the Birmingham metro area northward. it was literally pouring rain between Huntsville and Scottsboro. The line was moving toward the east. Lightning, however, is confined mainly to that part of the line north of Birmimgham to the Tennessee border.
Here is a roundup of rain amounts so far from all sources:
0.13 Munford
0.50 Samantha
0.43 Concord/Hueytown
2.44 Fayette
0.63 Coker
0.42 Muscadine
0.27 Remlap
1.04 Smith Lake/Curry area
1.22 Broomtown
0.17 Alabaster/Navajo Pines
0.55 Springville/Simmons Mountain
0.21 Pelham (Mary Key – WBHJ Radio)
0.44 Crossville
1.27 Decatur Airport
1.24 Bankhead National Forest
0.38 Ft. Payne Airport
1.84 Huntsville Airport
1.31 Huntsville/UAH (NWS Office)
1.79 Meridianville
1.04 Muscle Shoals
0.12 Anniston Airport
0.27 Auburn
0.54 Birmingham Airport
0.18 Shelby County Airport
0.22 Dothan
1.15 Mobile Regional Airport
0.26 Montgomery/Dannelley Field
1.01 Troy
0.55 Tuscaloosa Airport
0.40 Pinson
3.26 Selma
0.41 Cottondale
0.30 Weaver
3.90 SW Lamar County including 1.33 since midnight
That 3.90 is the most reported so far. His location in SW Lamar County is west of the Millport area. Many of these amounts will be outdated as the rain continues.
