I am beginning to wonder if you really want a long list of rain amounts like this. Maybe you would just like to have the heaviest amounts. Anyway, here we go with a comprehensive list of rain reports around the great state of Alabama in the last 24-36 hours. The reports are in no particular geographical order. Remember also that we get more than one report from some communities. These reports are from official sources: 33/40 Skywatchers, TVA…you name it.
3.00 Tri-County (where Jefferson, St. Clair and Blount Counties join)
3.09 Rocky Ridge
2.62 Helena/Old Cahaba
1.74 Ashby (Bibb County)
4.60 Trussville Sports Complex
4.02 South Trussville (Bill Murray)
4.61 Gardendale
1.97 Concord/Hueytown
2.35 Weaver
3.67 Roebuck (NE Birmingham)
1.01 Jacksonville
0.92 Alexander City
1.05 Clanton
1.74 Dora
0.90 Jasper
0.65 Lafayette
1.07 Opelika
1.32 Sylacauga
2.05 Leeds
1.21 Uniontown
1.07 Dearmanville
2.10 Centre (Weiss Dam)
1.84 Gadsden
2.68 Logan Martin Dam
1.25 Childersburg
2.50 Mitchell Dam
4.59 Ensley (Avenue W/Village Creek Bridge)
1.18 Smith Dam
1.70 Athens
1.87 Crossville
1.34 Grove Oak
2.32 Hazel Green
0.86 Scottsboro Airport
0.61 Valley Head
2.10 Muscle Shoals/TVA
1.42 Cullman
1.17 Ft. Payne Airport
2.82 Widow’s Creek (near Scottsboro)
1.71 Wilson Dam
1.54 Wheeler Dam
2.02 Athens/TVA
2.35 Moulton
2.44 Huntsville/NW
0.97 Albertville
1.70 Union Grove
3.67 Pelham (thanks to Herb Coleman)
2.20 Weaver
3.16 Birmingham Airport
0.90 Anniston Airport
1.36 Shelby County Airport
1.09 Cullman Airport
3.43 Huntsville Airport
0.23 Mobile Regional Airport
0.40 Montgomery Dannelly Field
0.01 Tuscaloosa Airport
4.71 Two miles SW of Trussville
4.13 Near Florence
1.05 Blountsville
2.04 Near Vestavia Hills
1.03 Near Oneonta
2.70 Littleville (Colbert County)
3.22 Woodville (Jackson County)
2.70 Near Homewood
3.77 NE of Fairfield
2.83 NE of Lake Purdy (Cheers!)
2.76 ESE of Moody
One of our heavier amounts was in Ensley in West Birmingham at the Avenue W bridge. That is one of those fancy gauges that is queried by satellite, not only the rain amount, but the Village Creek stage. Back when I was in the U.S. Weather Bureau in the 50s and 60s, we used to have to dial up those places by regular telephone and listen to beeps. If we got five longs and two shorts, that meant the creek was 5.2 feet deep. How times have changed.
