In all sections of Alabama late this afternoon you could find scattered showers along with some thunderstorms. If we were to mention every shower, you would be reading this an hour from now. Really, they are not THAT numerous. Here are some of the main ones:
…..Near and north of Huntsville. Downpours with those
…..Western Monroe County in SW Alabama
…..Southeast Alabama
Very few in and around Birmingham so far.
REPORT FROM SCROUGEOUT
Yes there is a place named that in Extreme NE Etowah County. Vic Bell keeps weather records there. He lives on Lookout Mountain near Collinsville. This note from him this afternoon: “Only 1/2 inch of rain this month and less than six inches in the last two and one-half months. Most oak trees are now a deep brown and others are coloring up and/or dropping their leaves.
THE 4 O’CLOCK THERMOMETER
Hot many places but not to bad down south:
…..95 Huntsville, heat index 102
…..93 Haleyville, heat index 101
…..93 Gadsden, heat index 102
…..82 Tuscaloosa, cloudy, showers in the area earlier
…..93 Birmingham
…..92 Shelby County Airport
…..93 Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, heat index 104
…..93 Anniston, heat index 100
…..93 Mobile Regional Airport, heat index 104
…..82 Dothan, light rain, heat index 90
…..86 Cullman Airport
…..94 Fort Payne, heat index 103
…..93 Guntersville
…..91 Valley Head (For years they had the record of coldest on record in Alabama)
…..85 Gulf Shores, light rain
…..88 Panama City, wind SE, gusts 25 (part of the old TD circulation)
