Widespread 3-5 inches rainfall amounts have fallen across the area, especially from Selma to Birmingham to Double Springs and Cullman.
Grady in Chelsea reports 7.43 inches of rain!
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
SHELBY COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 1027 AM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT…STORM SPOTTERS AND THE
PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED MADE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING ACROSS
JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH RAIN RATES HAVE
DECREASED CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN TRAVELING AS IT WILL
TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO SUBSIDE WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL
RISES STILL POSSIBLE.
So the situation is not over even though the rain is ending.
Our intrepid scanner monitors, including John Talbot and Doug Bennett, report so many road closures in the Birmingham Metro, including the City, Centerpoint and Irondale, that crews cannot keep up.
Public safety officials all over the Metro are covered up. Birmingham Fire is still doing water rescues. Doug reports that as soon as a unit will go in service, they are assigned another call.
So many people trying to drive through water and having to be rescued. Don’t be that guy today. Turn around, don’t drown.
The rain is stopping or will stop soon generally north of US-82/I-20. It will end across Jefferson County in the next 45 minutes. This afternoon looks dry as stable air reigns over the area. Tomorrow should feature less showers and hotter temperatures again.
