Several areas of showers across Alabama at this hour…
…one over Northeast Alabama…including Etowah, Cherokee, Calhoun and Cleburne Counties. Hevaiest rain just east of Oxford.
…over Northwest Alabama over western Franklin and western Maron Counties. Heaviest rain just SW of Vina in Franklin County. Some lightning here. Movement was generally north.
…entering Lamar County from the West Point/Columbus area of Mississiipi. Moving toward Vernon
…a new little thunderstorm on the Jefferson/Tuscaloosa County line southwest of Hueytown…moving that way. A little lightning already. Might affect the City of Birmingham.
…light showers over Pickens County into Tuscaloosa County extending back into Mississippi north of Meridian. Moving ENE.
In Mississippi…a large area of rain and storms was moving eastward just southwest of Jackson. It is associated with a disturbance to the north over Arkansas and Missouri. It will be interesting to see if this can edge far enough north to give Central Alabama a good soaking this afternoon. It appears to be on a track for southern sections of the area. But this strong disturbance could cause development further north also. Flash flood warnings were in effect earlier around Port Gibson in Mississippi.
Closer to home…J.B. picked up 0.96 inches of rain in just twenty five minutes on the NE side of Trussville from a quick thunderstorm just after 7 a.m.
Temperatures were in the 70s this morning with muggy dewpoints in the upper 60s and lower 70s.
More showers and storms will occur during the day. Check the radar and keep an eye to the sky. Listen for thunder, and when it roars, go indoors.
