It is a raw, windy, cold, wet night across Alabama. Sometimes I wish we could develop a “Misery Index” to describe how uncomfortable the weather is. On a scale of 1 to 10 with the 10 being the most uncomfortable, I wouid say we had a MI (Misery Index) of of 8 at midnight.
The wind and rain will cut right through you.
At midnight, it was raining in every nook and corner of Alabama and much of the rain was heavy.
A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for numerous counties in Central and South Alabama, (Scroll down for the full text of that)
The low pressure area at midnight was centered over the northern Gulf of Mexico and extended into South Mississippi and SW Alabama. It is windy statewide. At the Downtowm Birmingham Skycam, gusts were up to 33 mph and on Mt. Cheaha in East Alabama, gusts were as high as 50 mph.
Some current spot reports:
Muscle Shoals…43, heavy rain
Decatur…43, heavy rain, gusts to 30 mph
Haleyville…41 heavy rain
Tuscaloosa 46, moderate rain
Birmingham Airport…44, steady rain, gusts to 28
Greenville…50, heavy rain, gusts 24
Anniston…42, moderate rain
Alexander City 45, moderate rain
Evergreen…55, heavy rain
Gulf Shores…68, thunderstorm (south of the warm front)
Destin, Fla…63, cloudy, gusts to 39
Pensacola…66, thunderstorm, gusts 35
12 miles south of Orange Beach…65, gusts 38, 10-ft waves
Downtown Birmingham Skycam…44, heavy rain, gusts 33
Mt. Cheaha…a cold 37, rain, wind east, gusts 50
SOME RAIN AMOUNTS SO FAR
1.17 Concord/Hueytown
1.35 Homewood
1.50 Bessemer
1.35 Cottondale
2.03 Coker
1.34 Moundville
0.75 Scrougeout
1.70 Downtown Birmingham Skycam
2.39 Mt. Cheaha Skycam
Stay warm and stay dry.
