SPECIAL NOTE FROM MUSCLE SHOALS
An additional 1.36 inches of rain in the last 40 minutes–since 5 pm!
Not everywhere, but localized areas across the Tennessee Valley and some parts of North-Central Alabama getting very heavy rain.
NWS/Huntsville has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Esat-Central Colbert County in NW Alabama until 6:45. This storm could produce 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour, which could bring the total in the Muscle Shoals area to over 4 inches.
The EMA reported flooding along Wilson Dam Road.
Other storms over Colbert, Franklin and Lawrence Counties are strong enough to produce as much as 2 to 3 inches of rain per hour. There was a recent gust to 48 mph at Muscle Shoals Airport. The NWS has issued a Special Weather Statement dealing with what is going on.
Further south, beneficial rains continue in an area from Walker and Jefferson County eastward and southeastward. Slightly over 1 inch of rain fell in the SW part of Trussville this afternoon.
Here is a list of rain amounts through 5:00 p.m. CDT:
0.41 at High Top
0.73 Lim Rock
0.34 Arkdell (Lauderdale County)
3.29 Capshaw (Limestone County)
0.53 Decatur Airport
1.32 Huntsville Airport
1.41 Madison
1.42 Pence (Morgan County)
1.03 SW Trussville (Queenstown and Mary Taylor Road)
0.67 Crestline/Mountain Brook
0.18 Concord/Hueytown
0.51 NE Trussville
0.41 Downtown Birmingham (skycam)
0.67 Black Creek (NE Etowah County)
