At mid-morning, by far the most numerous showers and heaviest rain was over the eastern counties. But not all by any means. A lot of showers across places like Walker and Tuscaloosa County, some moderate to heavy.
Rain was very heavy from Chilton County, in the center of the state, ENE to the Georgia border and northward just west of the Georgia border to Dekalb County. Places like Clay, Randolph and Cleburne County getting a lot of rain.
Most areas south of Montgomery free of rain at the moment.
The NWS, Birmingham has a Flash Flood Watch in effect until midnight for numerous counties including all of the Birmingham Metro area.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Lots of in-state games today, including:
North Texas at Alabama, late morning kickoff
Miles at Samford, mid-afternoon
UAB at Troy, mid afternoon
West Virginia at Auburn, 6:45 pm kickoff
We recommend rain gear regardless of which game you are going for. Above average risk of getting a shower or thunderstorm at most of the games.
3340 SKYWATCHER RAIN REPORTS (and others)
2.21 Inverness since midnight
2.93 Jemison/Chilton County
2.16 for 24 hours Clay, off Deerfoot
4.21 nine miles south of Sylacauga
2,68 Birmingham Airport
1.46 Anniston Airport
1.07 Shelby County Airport
1.28 Montgomery/Dannelly Field
2.04 Tuscaloosa Airport
1.57 Pinson
CLOUDBURST STUFF
Well, not quite but part of NE Jefferson County has received well over nine inches of rain since late Thursday. Birmingham Airport got 2.68 inches in a few hours during the night.
BIG SURPLUS
At Birmingham Airport, we now have 8,30 inches of rain so far in September bringing the 2009 total so far to 49.96 inches. This gives us a SURPLUS 9.89 inches as of this morning!
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE
At 3 o’clock this morning, a train was derailed five miles SE of Mountain Creek in Autauga County. Flooding Mortor Creek washed out the train tracks. County Road 64 was under water for 1/8 mile.
ANOTHER SIGN OF THE SEASON
At 10 am, EDT, on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, it was 25 degrees in freezing fog. Visibility was only 1/16th of a mile (they were in the clouds) Wind was NW averaging 66 mph with gusts to 72 mph.
