Widespread rain continues at midmorning. A radar check at 8:40 a.m.
indicated extensive rain over North and Central Alabama, especially
from Montgomery northward. The heaviest rain seemed to be over West/
Central and NW Alabama, especially from about Livingston northward
through Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Fayette, Marion and Winston
Counties. Some of that edges into the Birmingham area and gives us
brief periods of additional rain. The rain is also heavy over NE
Alabama, especially in Calhoun and Cleburne Counties, including the
Anniston area. Movement is almost due north.
It is also very windy due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida. She
moved ashore in the Dauphin Island area and Mobile Bay earlier this
morning. Apparently there was no major damage due to wind. The latest
observation from Mobile Regional Airport showed partly sunny weather,
but north winds gusting to 44 mph. Fairhope had gusts to 26. The north
wind direction indicates that they are on the west and south side of
the circulation as the center has moved further north. At 8:00 a.m.,
13-foot waves were still being reported 12 miles south of Orange Beach.
BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA
Rain will continue much of today and will vary from light at times to
heavy at times. It will also be quite windy with gusts between 30 and
40 miles and hour at times. Steady moderate rain was continuing at
Birmingham Airport and heavy rain at the Shelby County Airport. A
Flash Flood Watch continues much of today for numerous counties in
North and Central Alabama, including all of the Birmingham metro area.
For Veteran’s Day tomorrow, the weather looks great with dry air
replacing our wet weather. We should have lots of sunshine with highs
in the 60s and the dry weather should continue into the weekend.
RAIN TOTALS
(We will post a longer list later)
1.37 at Birmingham Airport
1.91 Roebuck (NE Birmingham)
2.27 Shelby County Airport
2.03 Montgomery
3.56 Mobile
1.30 Tuscaloosa
2.56 Selma
These measurements were as of 6 am. Many of these totals should be considerably more by now.
