That thunderstorm that produced a classic lightning display over Shelby County is slowly weakening and breaking up. What is left of the storm was over North Shelby County. A few spinoff showers of that storm are now over the NE part of Birmingham and East Jefferson County, but not much to them. Actually, a few of the heavier showers are now over East/Central Alabama in Tallapoosa and Lee Counties. Everything is moving slowly toward the north. Scroll down to the next post for a round up of some of the damage this afternoon and this evening.
It was another hot afternoon across Alabama. Examples:
91 Ft. Payne, Cullman
92 Birmingham Airport
93 Anniston Airport, Albertville, Shelby County Airport
94 Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Evergreen
95 Decatur, Muscle Shoals
96 Troy
97 Auburn, Montgomery
98 Dothan
BRANCHING OUT–THESE NOTES
2.30 inches of rain today Madison, Wisconsin
3.04 last 24 hours Oklahoma City
4.33 Tulsa
98 high temperature in Raleigh and Richmond
97 Philadelphia
99 Newark
96 New York City
110 Yuma, Arizona
112 Death Valley, the national high
22 Big Piney, Wyoming, the national low
4 to 7 inches of snow expected in the Cascades, the Olympics and parts of the Northern Rockies in the next 24 to 36 hours.
Unless thunderstorms flare again, this will be our final update. It has been a busy, busy afternoon and evening. No time to relax, read, play ball with my puppy or take a nap. I don’t mind. I have been doing this for what seems like a century.
