At mid morning, it was still raining very heavily over exreme North Alabama, especially from Decatur westward to Florence. These storms have been slow movers and seem to be at times redeveloping in the same spot. At mid morning it was pouring rain over North Lawrence County as well as in Colbert and Lauderdale.
We are also watching a large area of showers and thunderstorms over NW Arkansas progressing toward the SE. There has been a parade of these thunderstorm clusters since yesterday.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The NWS/Huntsville has posted a Flash Flood Warning until 11:45 this morning for the following areas, all in NW Alabama:
….NE Colbert County, including Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals
….Central and Western Lauderdale County, including Florence, Underwood and Petersville
….NW Lawrence County
Also within the warning area, is Lexington, Killen, Waterloo and Red Bay.
Doppler radar indicated flash flooding was in progress from the big thunderstorms over the warned area.
RAIN AMOUNTS
In the last 24 hours, these rain reports. A lot of this occurred late last night and early this morning.
1.42 Bankhead National Forest
1.94 Muscle Shoals Airport
1.22 Smith Dam
0.88 Roebuck (NE part of Birmingham)
0.72 South Pinson (Red Hollow/Carson Road)
3.30 Hamilton
0.76 SE Trussville
1.74 Morris
1.40 Hayden
0.91 Haleyville
0.39 Jasper
0.55 Gardendale
2.41 Bear Creek
