Showers and thunderstorms now numerous over NW Alabama.
At 8:30, moderate to heavy rain from Lauderdale and Colbert County southward to part of Pickens County in West Central Alabama. Other showers and storms have developed out ahead of the main complex in such areas as Huntsville and Guntersville and in West Alabama in the general vicinity of Eutaw and Moundville.
Everything moving east.
TUSCALOOSA AREA
Showers should be there between 9 and 10
GREATER BIRMINGHAM AREA
Showers should reach the city before 11 am. Some showers developing out ahead could arrive earlier. Good chance of showers and storms for much of the state today and tonight.
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
Storm Prediction Center has the following areas under a slight risk today and tonight:
* Central and South Alabama from about Jasper-Birmingham-Gadsden southward
* East Central Mississippi
* West Central Georgia
* West Virginia and North Virginia north to include almost all of Pennsylvania and New York
* Texas Panhandle, West Oklahoma, West 2/3 Kansas, Extreme East Colorado
IN THE TROPICS
No risk of development in the next 48 hours. Couple of tropical waves way out in the Atlantic.
NORTH TEXAS FLOODING
5 people still missing in the tragic major flash flooding in the last couple of days. Some rain totals for the three-day period June 15-18:
5.97 inches at Fort Worth/Alliance Airport
4.81 Denton
3.07 DFW Airport
10.29 Gainesville (one mile north)
5.78 Gainesville Municipal Airport
6.42 Lake Ray Roberts
3.56 Waco
