At mid-morning on this Sunday morning, the severe weather in Alabama is in sort of a lull. As 9:00 approached, the only formal warning in the state was a Flash Flood Warning for Cullman County until 10:15 and for Marshall County until 1:00 p.m.
A Tornado Watch continues until 1:00 p.m. for a number of counties in Central and SW Alabama. No part of the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham/Anniston corridor is included.
The long line of thunderstorms extends from near Guntersville to Oneonta, to east of Birmingham, through West Shelby County and then down to between Centreville and Clanton, and finally into East Perry County. The more intense storms seem to be over SE Perry County, east of Bibb County and Western Chilton County.
The eastward movement of the line seems to have picked up a bit.
Lightning detection equipment shows that overall the lightning activity has diminished some except in the central part of the state where it is still plentiful.
The Birmingham temperature is a milder 60 at mid-morning, which was a rise of 13 degrees since before midnight. We should have two cold fronts moving through this area in the next 24 hours bringing us a change to colder weather early in the week. We also note a big high-pressure center over NW Canada growing stronger at 10:42mb.
ONE ARIZONA NOTE
We are feeling some of the by-products of those historic western storms that have been going on for over a week. Let’s look at Northern Arizona, where the week-long snow total for Monday through Saturday morning amounted to these totals:
* 92 inches at the Arizona Snow Bowl
* 57 inches north rim of the Grand Canyon
* 55 inches at the south rim of the Grand Canyon
* 54 inches at Flagstaff Airport
* The Arizona Snow Bowl is near Flagstaff on the western slopes of the San Francisco Peaks–the highest elevation in Arizona.
