Writing this update from the work desk in the ABC 33/40 Storm Chaser… Brian Peters and J.B. Elliott are up front in the big captain’s chairs. We are headed to the middle of nowhere for a big BBQ lunch with our intern crew… pictures coming later. Using my MacBook Pro with a wireless Internet card from a major cellular carrier. Working very smoothly.
RIGHT NOW: An amazingly persistent cluster of showers and storms continues over East Alabama from Anniston northward to Gadsden. Some of the heaviest rain is now falling north of Anniston in the Weaver/Saks/Lenlock area, and south of downtown Gadsden around Southside and Rainbow City. NEXRAD estimates suggest rain totals of over three inches in a few spots in this general area, and the NWS continues a flood advisory for Calhoun County until 10:15.
Other showers and storms continue over Marshall and the eastern part of DeKalb Counties.
Seems like a nice surface trough is helping to aid the convection over East Alabama this morning; it is moving slowly to the west, so it could be a situation where the most numerous showers and storms will be found over the western half of the state this afternoon.
We will keep you updated from the “roads less traveled” this morning… our destination is a spot near Billingsley, in Autauga County…
