Back when we were in our most critical drought stage, a day like today would have triggered widespread dancing in the streets.
Even today, we are glad to see a rain event like this. While a lot of the streams and reservoirs have recovered from the drought, the ground water supply, which is always out of our sight, has not.
We believe that with today’s rain event, 1 to 2 inches may accumulate. There is a good chance that the heavier amount will be down over the south half the state.
At 8:00 this morning, rain had already spread at least halfway across the state–not extremely heavy yet, but so far, these amounts:
0.44 Tuscaloosa Skycam
0.40 Tuscaloosa Skycam
0.68 Coker (West Tuscaloosa County)
0.16 Jemison
0.46 Muscle Shoals Airport
0.18 Huntsville
0.22 Decatur
0.11 Birmingham Airport
0.23 Meridianville
0.04 Concord/Hueytown
Off to our west, extensive rain covers Mississippi and South Louisiana. By far, the heaviest rain and strongest thunderstorms extended from Central Mississippi down to the coast and over South and SE Louisiana. It is literally pouring rain over some of that area, especially SW Louisiana. Yesterday afternoon, Livingston, Louisiana got 4 inches of rain in only one hour. In the last 24 hours, Baton Rouge has received 4.43, Slidell 3.59 and Shreveport over 10 inches.
TODAY IN ALABAMA
Many areas of the state will receive 1 to 2 inches of rain. The heavier amounts could be over the south half. The Storm Prediction Center still has the entire state under a Slight Risk of severe weather today. Unless things develop that we don’t see now, we do not think it will be as scary as last Saturday night and Sunday morning. To our west, a Tornado Watch is in effect for Central and South Mississippi and East, SW and SE Louisiana, which includes Baton Rouge and New Orleans until 11:00 a.m. The SPC does not have a designated Moderate Risk today like yesterday, but the Slight Risk extends all the way from South Texas to cover most of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, North and West Georgia, the NW Florida Panhandle and extreme Southern Tennessee.
