We posted a long list of welcome rain reports last night. (Please scroll down to see those) Here we post a few additional reports that we either overlooked or did not have available last night.
* From 33/40 WeatherWatcher Vic Bell in Black Creek:
Vic reports 0.74 inches of rain in only 12 minutes. I think Vic had decided that Black Creek was allergic to rain because his community had been bypassed time and time again. Vic says his grass is finally growing again after taking two months off. Black Creek is in NE Etowah County NE of Gadsden.
* From Larry Mason, a regular blog reader on Womack Road, Pinson/Clay area
0.63 of an inch rather quickly late yesterday
* From C.R. Vaughan, Cuba Fire Department
Cuba is about as far into West Alabama as you can get without crossing the Mississippi border. It is in SW Sumter County, SW of York and east of Meridian. Mr. Vaughan reports a final total of 1.31 inches. I am sure his fire department will not have to answer a call to any grass fires today. If I am not mistaken, Cuba was the hometown of the late Af Vanhoose, legendary sports editor of the Birmingham News.
The rain sweepstakes winner yesterday was Hubbertville, in North Fayette County, a very impressive 4.02 inches. Northport just across the river from Tuscaloosa had 1.71 inches.
DELAYED DAMAGE REPORT
8 o’clock last night in far North Clay County in East Alabama, a barn was unroofed and a mobile home damaged near Alabama State Highway 49.
OUT OF ALABAMA
3.90 inches of rain in Fort Worth overnight with major flash-flooding. Craig, who frequently reads our blog from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, tells us that some parts of the area got over 7 inches of rain yesterday and it is some of the worst flooding he has seen. He reports high water rescues all over the place. Lots of mold and flooding in the same area that was suffering with the worst drought since the 1950s at this time last year.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH WEATHER
Heard a news anchor on a national TV network say “at this point in time” about 8 times in less than five minutes this morning. It appears that we could take the word “now” out of the dictionary, It is rarely used now. It appears that my little personal campaign to stop excess wordage is a total failure. Remember about 20 years ago when the favorite buzz expression was “sorry bout that?”
