It appears that the remnant low of Tropical Depression Five is still causing problems this morning. On Wednesday, it rained around 12 inches near Natchez, Mississippi. On Thursday, it caused flash flooding between Jackson and Meridian, and now the remnant circulation (if that’s what it is, honestly, it’s hard to tell for sure) is causing heavy rain over western and central Alabama.
The northwest side of this “circulation” is the place for all the action. There is continual thunderstorm development there, and considering that we’re still in a deep tropical air mass, those storms have the potential for 2 to 5 inches of rain over a period of about two hours.
This circulation will pass south of Calera through 10 AM, and if the storms continue to redevelop, some flash flooding will be possible from eastern Tuscaloosa County through Bibb and Shelby Counties. Storms should start to slide east into southern Talladega County before lunchtime. There was a lot of rain in that part of the state yesterday, so we’ll keep a close watch on how these storms move in the next few hours.
9 AM UPDATE
Showers are still in progress over north and central Shelby County, and a few others are scattered around Chilton and Coosa Counties. The heaviest rain has ended for now, but a few good downpours are still possible through 11 AM along and east of I-65 and mainly south of I-20.
A few rainfall amounts from various places this morning:
Alabaster (Kingwood area) – 1.39″
Hoover (Riverchase) – 0.26″
West Blocton – 3.28″
Tuscaloosa (Downtown) – 0.15″
The best chance of storms for the rest of the day will be east & southeast of Birmingham.
-Jason
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