This has got to be a record, not only for the number of reports, but also the overall amounts.
It is interesting to note that almost all of this rain can be credited to a tropical depression since much of it occurred after Dr. Lee was downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression. We have mentioned many times over the years that you can get just as much rain from a tropical depression as you can from a tropical storm or hurricane.
These rain reports are from the ABC 33/40 Skywatchers (thanks to Jason Simpson for helping me assemble these) and also from other individuals with rain gauges, plus the official reports from NWS stations. Here we go:
7.60 Clay/Pinson (Womack Road)
9.00 Steele (thanks to long time friend and newsman, Neil Vickers)
8.72 NE Trussville/Old Mill Run
10.60 Samantha
9.43 Coker
9.45 Black Creek
2.29 Jemison
10.71 Morris
7.50 Camp Comfort (north Fayette County)
8.42 Bessemer
6.80 Lake View (East Tuscaloosa County)
8.24 Remlap
9.32 Springville
4.82 Greystone Cove (James Spann)
5.69 West Trussville (24 hours, but 7.75 for storm total)
4.35 Helena (Brian Peters)
7.25 Cedar Bluff on Lake Weiss
6.50 Hokes Bluff
9.45 Black Creek
7.46 Mountain Brook
7.50 Jasper
7.21 Concord
6.18 Northport
5.98 Moody
3.80 Weaver
2.68 Jemison
8.94 Pinson
4.21 Muscle Shoals Airport
5.66 Cottondale
4.28 Huntsville
8.02 Crossville
5.44 Cullman Ag Station
7.90 Guntersville
1.42 Russellville Airport
7.32 Scottsboro Airport
6.51 Valley Head
5.86 Ft. Payne Airport
2.89 Cullman Airport
1.54 Anniston Airport
2.62 Auburn
6.77 Birmingham Airport
2.97 Calera
4.28 Huntsville
1.03 Mobile
5.93 Tuscaloosa Airport
5.44 Cullman Ag Station
8.02 Crossville Ag Station
7.90 Guntersville
4.52 Addison
2.88 Centreville
3.57 Hamilton
3.45 Opelika
2.24 Talladega
7.76 Fayette
2.72 Rock Mills
9.73 Dora
3.45 Opelika
6.70 Leeds
6.16 Blue Pond
9.76 Cordova
1.98 Dearmandville
5.27 Ellisville
5.36 Gaylesville
SPECIAL SALUTE TO JAMES PRICE
James Price is a legend in NE Jefferson County. He has been a volunteer observer for the NWS for almost 60 years. They are known as coop observers and they furnish their valuable services at no charge. I have known James for at least 50 years. He was a coop observer for my entire 32 years in the National Weather Service. You could absolutely bet on the accuracy and timeliness of his reports. As far as I know, he never missed a single day.
