A nice cluster of showers and thunderstorms over West-Central Alabama was producing locally heavy rain late this morning.
At 11:00 a.m., most of the showers and storms were over Greene County, South and Central Pickens County and North Hale County. They were moving NE. Considerable lightning with these storms.
Moundville, in the north edge of Hale County, will get a good drenching from these storms. So will Aliceville, Carrolton and Gordo in Pickens County. A good part of Tuscaloosa County should get some nice amounts of rain between now and noon.
ELSEWHERE IN ALABAMA
A smaller cluster of storms was over Eastern Coosa County and West Tallapoosa County. They were moving ENE. Some of those could also affect South Clay County.
NORTHEAST ALABAMA
The showers and storms that caused some temporary street flooding in Boaz have decreased in number and intensity, but there was a moderate one south of Huntsville and several lesser showers over DeKalb County.
Way off to the west, showers and storms over North-Central Mississippi were numerous and these were spreading toward the ENE. Some of these may reach NW Alabama later today.
TUSCALOOSA/ANNISTON RAIN SITUATION
The 2007 rain deficiency at Tuscaloosa Airport is till more than 20 inches, 20.71 inches to be exact. Anniston still has a deficiency of 20.25 inches.
